The police never asked, and never did a full investigation. The evidence existed, they didn't look.
It's the job of the Crown to prepare and vet the witnesses. They did neither. They were lazy and thought they had a slam dunk.
From MacLeans:
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But there’s another lesson to be learned here: That for justice to prevail in sexual assault cases, complainants need rigorous preparation for the adversarial tenor that accompanies all criminal prosecution. That begins with basic understanding of both the definition of sexual assault and consent. On the stand, DeCoutere said she didn’t think her experience qualified as sexual assault: “I thought you had to be broken and raped,” she said.
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She was not ready for what she faced. Blame her lawyer, the police and the Crown.