Suspected rapist accidentally set free and leaves Britain before being put on trial

A suspected rapist has been accidentally set free from prison and managed to leave the country just weeks before he is due to stand trial, it has been revealed. The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was being held in custody in a British prison while charged with multiple allegations of rape, sexual assault and violence against a woman. After a pre trial hearing in early February, a court official at Isleworth Crown Court in west London accidentally told the prison that the defendant