Prosecutors admit error after Jade McCrossen-Nethercott was accused of having rare sleep condition

A woman is suing the Crown Prosecution Service after it admitted her rape case should not have been dropped because of claims she had an episode of a rare sleep condition called sexsomnia.

Jade McCrossen-Nethercott spent months investigating the condition and challenged the decision, forcing the CPS to admit it was wrong not to take her case to trial and apologise.

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