Rape charges dropped against Melbourne man after police search found to be illegal
Court of appeal finds officers showed ‘astonishing disregard’ for law when they searched man’s home for missing teenager
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Rape charges against a Melbourne man are set to be dropped after the Victorian court of appeal found police showed an “astonishing disregard” for the law during a search of the alleged offender’s home.
Six officers searched the home on Christmas Day 2020 as part of an attempt to find a missing 17-year-old girl, known as CM, who had left a residential care facility and threatened to kill herself.
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