19-01-2018 18:47 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Student rape case dropped as police admit mistakes

A judge has criticised police and prosecutors after a rape case against a student was dropped days before his trial.Oxford University student Oliver Mears, 19, spent two years on bail accused of raping and assaulting a woman in July 2015, when he was 17.Surrey Police has admitted "there were flaws in the investigation" after the force failed to examine the woman's "digital media" or follow "a reasonable line of enquiry".
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