A MAN has been cleared of deliberately using his car to run someone over after prosecutors ignored a crucial piece of evidence for eight months.
Aaron Collins, aged 24, walked free from court as the Crown Prosecution Service dropped assault charges which could have seen him jailed for a decade.
The agency failed to respond to a defence report undermining its case – despite three letters from his solicitors.
The CPS could offer no explanation in court and the city's resident judge refused...
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