A WOMAN who claimed she was raped in a back alley after taking a taxi home from a night out has retracted her statement, police said.
The 19-year-old woman from Nelson, said she had taken a lift home with her alleged attacker after spending the evening at the Good Night Club in the town.
But police said the complaint, made after a night out on Friday, has now been dropped.
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