A series of bungles by detectives investigating sexual assault claims against NRL star Jack de Belin led to him applying for his trial to be thrown out.
In May the charges against de Belin and co-accused Callan Sinclair were withdrawn by the top prosecutor in NSW after two District Court trials ended in hung juries.
But the case almost never made it to trial in the first place with de Belin's lawyers applying for a stay of proceedings in January 2020 - the details of which have been revealed this week.
Jack de Belin's rape trial was withdrawn earlier this year after two hung juries (pictured)