SWINDON-born comedian and TV presenter Mark Lamarr received an apology from the Crown Prosecution Service for wrongly charging him with assault and false imprisonment of a woman.
The CPS admitted in a letter to the 52-year-old former host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks that the charges against him should not have been authorised. They were dropped before his first court appearance in October 2018.
The letter said: ““The decision to charge you was wrong and I am sorry for the obvious distress it has caused you. I understand that this has been a difficult experience for you. The outcome of the review process demonstrates that the prosecutor who authorised the charges against you did so in error.”
A CPS spokesman said in a statement: “Mr Lamarr was charged with offences arising from an incident that took place on August 31 2018. He was due to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on October 2 2018. Further material was requested from the police and the case was further reviewed. A senior prosecutor took the view that there was no realistic prospect of conviction, and the charges against Mr Lamarr were discontinued before his first court appearance.”
Mr Lamarr was born in Park South as Mark Jones.
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