内容摘要：The BDO report says there were "unusual relationships" between former senior staff and Unite's customers and suppliers, as well as a culture that "did not challenge" financial transactions and "failed to ensure" appropriate financial reporting.

The BDO report says there were "unusual relationships" between former senior staff and Unite's customers and suppliers, as well as a culture that "did not challenge" financial transactions and "failed to ensure" appropriate financial reporting.

Ms Bongolan has accused Mr Combs of lifting her onto the rail of a balcony in a threatening altercation, and throwing her into nearby furniture, causing bruises and injuries.Defence attorney Nicole Westmoreland asked Ms Bongolan about an allegation she made in a both a letter from a lawyer, which Ms Westmoreland said included a demand for money, and a lawsuit against Mr Combs: that during the balcony incident, the rapper had allegedly sexually assaulted her.

Ms Bongolan had testified in court that Mr Combs ran his hands over her chest area as he allegedly lifted her on the balcony. Ms Westmoreland repeatedly pressed her on the differences between a sexual assault allegation and her description in court of the rapper's alleged actions.The defence also accused Ms Bongolan of fabricating details of the alleged balcony incident with Mr Combs, introducing evidence that showed Mr Combs performing at a concert in New Jersey and attending events in New York on 25 and 26 September 2016.Prosecutors had previously shown a photo of a bruise on Ms Bongolan's leg, with a timestamp of 26 September 2016 in the metadata. Ms Bongolan said that she took the photo of the bruise the day after Mr Combs allegedly threw her into balcony furniture.

"You came in here and lied to the ladies and gentlemen of this jury," Ms Westmoreland said."I can't agree with you," Ms Bongolan responded.

Later in the day, prosecutors brought back up the disagreement. They displayed a text message taken from the phone of Ms Ventura, Mr Combs' ex-girlfriend, dated 30 September 2016.

The text stated Mr Combs had come to her apartment in the middle of the night, choked Ms Bongolan, and held her off the balcony., found three quarters of lawyers it surveyed had worked on a criminal conviction where evidence had been lost, destroyed or contaminated. Almost half claimed this had happened on multiple occasions.

found officers having to contend with "over-stuffed, dilapidated or broken fridges and freezers containing evidence including the rape kits of victims".It found an "overworked and inexperienced workforce" lacked the "infrastructure and specialism" for dealing with sexual offences, which existed before a specialist unit was disbanded in 2019.

The BBC study found around one in 20 prosecutions by the Met had been dropped as a result of missing evidence between 2020 and 2024.By comparison around one in 50 were dropped across England and Wales.