My grandson took his own life after being accused of rape - but I fear police didn't properly investigate this damaging claim before charging him The grandfather of a student who took his own life after being accused of rape has told how he believes police failed to adequately investigate the allegation.
A woodland in the area where Wright was found] The inquest on Monday heard how the philosophy undergraduate dropped out of his course at Reading University after being charged with the sex attack – with grandfather Mick Wright telling the court his grandson 'just could not deal with' the prospect of being found guilty and handed a long jail term.
The 74-year-old said: 'In my time as a detective I put together some very large and complex case papers and what was very obvious to me was reading the papers that had been served by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prior to the first court hearing…I took a view that they were unbelievable.
'I took a view they were not credible, and I took a view that in my opinion, and this is only my opinion, the police have failed to investigate the allegation.'.
Thomas Wright, 22, travelled to a remote beauty spot with his mother's ashes to end his life after spending 18 months with the prospect of a trial hanging over him, a coroner heard.
