UK prosecutors discontinue indecent assault charges against Harvey Weinstein

CPS says no longer a realistic prospect of conviction' over two charges against disgraced Hollywood producer

Prosecutors in the UK have discontinued two indecent assault charges against the disgraced Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein.

The Metropolitan police were given the green light two years ago by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to charge Weinstein with two charges of indecent assault against a woman, in her 50s at the time of the announcement of the charges, in London in 1996.