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Teen complainant withdrawn from Alan Jones trial, reducing number of alleged victims to five

Teen complainant withdrawn from Alan Jones trial, reducing number of alleged victims to five

Court also hears from four people who say they didn’t witness alleged offence against another complainant

One of Alan Jones’s accusers has had his allegation withdrawn by prosecutors, with one charge of indecent assault against a 17-year-old boy dramatically dropped from the former broadcaster’s trial.

The allegation, brought by a complainant pseudonymised as F, was withdrawn by the prosecution in a Sydney court on Monday afternoon.

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