A detective has kept her job despite admitting to basic failures that caused “irreparable damage” to a teenager falsely accused of rape.

DC Kasie Carter, from Leicestershire police, was given a written warning after admitting seven allegations of misconduct relating to a mishandled investigation that led to the boy being expelled from school.

The teenager, now 18, was arrested in 2016 and later charged with 14 offences including rape but was cleared in February last year when thousands of messages available from the start of the investigation revealed that his accuser had pushed to have sex with him.

Leicestershire police has apologised and Ms Carter appeared before a misconduct meeting and admitted the failings. She read out an apology to the teenager’s mother.

The boy’s