Epsom ‘gang rape’ case closed as ‘woman made confused report after banging head’

Four people have been arrested during a protest in Epsom after police said there is no evidence that immigrants or asylum seekers were involved in an alleged rape
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A woman who initially claimed she was gang raped outside a church has admitted banging her head and making a confused report.

The case sparked mass disorder in Epsom, which saw police clash with protesters trying to vandalise migrant hotels, after the woman, in her 20s, reported being raped near a church in the early hours of Saturday, April 11.

But Surrey Police said they had concluded a thorough investigation tracking the woman’s movements leaving Labyrinth Epsom nightclub on CCTV and carried out forensic tests.

A spokesman said: ‘Through this examination of all evidence, we can ...