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There's also this though.
It sounds to me that the police didn't put the full story in front of the judge the first time, as the charges were different, and more severe, the second time.
It also definitely sounds like the house and the victim weren't chosen at random.
Yeah, possibly. But also they may have collected more evidence in the meantime.
I'd also bet a fair bit of money that the police don't have the resources they need to fully investigate. It sounds like the police might have got more evidence later, too. This part:
What was she bringing to the police? Is she linked to the nursery or is this sentence a separate statement saying she talked with the police some more about the initial break in?
It reads to me that she went back to the police, and spoke further with them about that night, which led to the more serious charges being placed.
If that's the case, it sounds like the only possible mistake here is that the police didn't spend enough time with her the first time. Like I said, I'd bet the police don't have the funding they need. Hiring freeze leading to 200 empty roles, plus an additional 175 redundancies to meet the governments cost cutting directive is probably not helping things.