Two Royal Marines have been cleared of racially abusing two men in the streets.Mark Butler, aged 47, and 45-year-old Barry O'Neill were due to face trial after they denied insulting the strangers leaving a community centre after a meeting.But the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence against them at Plymouth Crown Court.Mike Brown, for the Crown, said there was "no realistic prospect of conviction" – partly because one of the key witnesses had unexpectedly left the...
