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Police did not lay charges after the RCMP sought the advice of the Crown, which claimed there was “insufficient evidence” for a reasonable chance of a conviction.

The police are still asking anyone with specific information about the incident to come forward with it. An investigative team made up of Mounties and Halifax Regional Police officers has already been formed, McRae said.

“To put it mildly, there’s been a significant amount of interest in the file,” he said. “This is definitely a good thing.”

Earlier on Friday, the “hacktivist” group Anonymous released what it said were new details about the four boys linked to the alleged rape. Their intention was to force the RCMP to take action and lay charges.

In a statement posted online Friday morning, Anonymous claims that one of the boys has admitted to having sex with Parsons: “One of the alleged rapists has made several public statements admitting that he did have sex with Rehtaeh on the night in question.

“He admits she was inebriated at the time, also that she was throwing up during the act.”

The statement also says the boy names the three other teenagers who allegedly took turns having sex with Parsons.

“The individual making this confession is the same boy identified in the photograph [of the act],” the statement says. “He has also admitted to being in the photograph and named the accomplice who took the picture.”

None of the details presented by Anonymous have been independently verified.