CPS ‘should not have allowed Tate to go to Romania’
ANDREW TATE would not have been able to travel to Romania, where he is accused of rape, if the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had done its job, four of his accusers have claimed.
The women, who cannot be named for legal reasons, reported the self-proclaimed misogynist to Hertfordshire Constabulary almost a decade ago for sexual assaults, but the case against the 37-year-old was dropped in 2019.
Tate and his brother, Tristan, 35, were arrested at their home near Bucharest and appeared in court on Tuesday amid claims they intended to flee the country. The brothers, originally from Luton, are facing rape and human trafficking allegations in Romania after being arrested in 2022 and are due to go on trial at a date yet to be fixed.
Bedfordshire Police confirmed it had obtained a European arrest warrant for the brothers on charges involving new alleged victims. The allegations, which the two brothers “unequivocally deny”, date from 2012 to 2015.
Romania’s court of appeal ruled that the pair would be extradited to the UK to face trial for those allegations following the conclusion of the current criminal proceedings against them.
In a statement, the original alleged victims said: “After a four-year investigation, and despite the police believing that the evidential test for prosecution had been met, this decision by the CPS allowed Tate to travel to Romania where he has since been charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. This might not have happened if the CPS had taken our complaints seriously.”
The CPS has been contacted for comment.
‘This might not have happened if the CPS had taken our complaints seriously’