Charges against NRL players Latrell Mitchell and Jack Wighton dropped after police admit to false evidence

Latrell Mitchell and Jack Wighton have beaten charges of fighting outside Canberra nightclub Fiction

Prosecutor Sam Bargwanna decided not to offer any more evidence on Wednesday morning, ending the prosecution of the star duo.

But Wighton’s lawyer Steve Boland pieced together a timeline via CCTV footage that forced him to admit his “memory had failed me” and that what he’d said hadn’t happened. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup

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