Oliver Mears: Oxford student cleared of rape charge days before trial

Prosecutors under scrutiny after collapse of fourth rape case in a month

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A judge has criticised prosecutors and police after a rape case against an Oxford University student was dropped just days before the trial was due to begin.

Oliver Mears, 19, was told he was to be found not guilty following a review of the evidence, The Daily Telegraph reports. The judge questioned whether the investigation had been carried out properly and why it had dragged on for two years, The Times adds.

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