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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Rape cases dropped ‘because Metropolitan Police stored evidence in faulty fridges’

PA Wire

Rape cases have been dropped because DNA evidence was destroyed in “dilapidated or broken fridges and freezers” used by the Metropolitan Police, a damning report has found.

Baroness Louise Casey made the discovery during her review of standards and culture in Britain’s largest force, which concluded that it was institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic, and needs “fundamental change”.

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