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Bradford police officer rape trial jury discharged

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Sgt Ben Lister, of West Yorkshire Police, denied raping a woman in Bradford in 2016.

Sgt Ben Lister had denied two counts of rape in a trial at Bradford Crown Court

The jury trying a police officer accused of rape has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict. Sgt Ben Lister, of West Yorkshire Police, denied forcing himself on the woman at a mutual friend's house after they had been out drinking in 2016.The judge, Richard Mansell WC, the Recorder of Bradford, said he would schedule a date in two weeks to hear if a retrial was being sought.

 

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