CPS pays out for sex assault case

The Crown Prosecution Service has agreed to pay compensation to a woman over its failings in dealing with an allegation of a serious sexual assault.

The £16,000 will go to the woman who accused a man of the assault. The case collapsed and the CPS has now admitted he should have faced a retrial.

Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales, Keir Starmer, has issued a personal apology to the woman.

June Kelly reports.