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A jury has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict in the trial of a police officer accused of raping a businesswoman on a first date after they met on the Bumble online dating app.

Police Constable David Longden-Thurgood, 49, of Waterlooville, was on trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of the rape of the woman, a mother in her 30s, at her home in October 2020.

But after two days of deliberations, the jury failed to reach a verdict and was discharged on Thursday afternoon by Judge Richard Parkes KC.

Jury discharged in case of Waterlooville police officer charged with rape