Evidence in rape cases was destroyed after fridge broke down in heatwave, Casey report reveals

R ape cases being investigated by Met detectives had to be dropped because a freezer holding vital evidence broke down, a review of the force by Baroness Louise Casey has revealed.The damning report lifts the lid on the chaotic way in which physical evidence was handled as it describes how rape victims had been let down by Britain's biggest police force.

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