Nigel Evans, who was cleared in 2014 of raping a student, said police were “cherry-picking” evidence to get prosecutions

An MP who was cleared of rape has called for a nationwide review of the police disclosure of evidence in sexual abuse investigations.

Nigel Evans said evidence was being cherry-picked in “too many cases” after Britain’s biggest police force ordered a review of all current rape and sexual abuse cases yesterday. The Tory MP, who was cleared in 2014 of raping a student, called for the review to be expanded after a second rape case collapsed within a week.

He told BBC Radio 5 Live: “It seems to be in too many cases that police are cherry-picking the evidence that is there in order to get a prosecution. That is not what the justice system is about; it should follow the evidence. Because of the