PROSECUTORS have dropped all of the serious charges against a man who was accused of using a gun to rape a woman at Lemon Tree Passage after he had allegedly put the weapon in her mouth and pulled the trigger.
James Albert Traverso, 28, walked out of Cessnock Correctional Centre on Tuesday after prosecutors ordered there be no further proceedings in relation to five charges, including sexual intercourse without consent, using an offensive weapon to commit an act of intimidation, common assault and using an offensive weapon to prevent apprehension.
