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Man accused of Islington rape allowed to withdraw guilty plea

Newcastle courthouse. File picture

A man who admitted to raping a woman in a random attack in Islington has been allowed to change his plea and will face a trial, after a court finding that he had not been given his required medication while in custody the day he pleaded guilty.

Judge Penelope Wass, SC, said it was "extremely concerning" that there were no records available as to whether Windale man David John Greentree, 49, had been given his insulin doses or anti-depressant medication on December 9 last year - the day he changed his plea to guilty - or in the weeks leading up to that date.

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