Ex-Middlesbrough mayor Andy Preston says police and prosecutors made serious errors of judgement.
Andy Preston says Cleveland Police and the Crown Prosecution Service made errors bringing the charges last week
Andy Preston, Middlesbrough's independent mayor from 2019 to 2023, said it had been an "absolute scandal" charges were brought last week.Cleveland Police have been approached for comment. He said then the allegations were untrue, and added three of five unnamed councillors had since withdrawn their complaints.Responding to news the charges against him had been dropped, he said it had been "an absolute scandal" police progressed the matter to the CPS with a court date then being set for later this month.
"When the police announcement was made last week, I knew I had done nothing wrong and immediately predicted with total confidence that the charges would be dropped. That has now proved to be the case.
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