attorney said, that Bynes was telling the truth.

"There was nothing recovered from the sidewalk, clearly a search was made for the bag," said Friedman. He said she was followed illegally into her apartment and has made a complaint about police wrongfully entering.

As the judge dispensed with her case, she said, "Thank you sir, have a nice day."

The star then got into a waiting yellow cab ringed with photographers and TV cameras and left.

-- Additional reporting from APthe coming months.

This would entail a raft of new measures at the national level and in cooperation with EU partners and neighbours of war-ravaged Syria, from which around 40% of last year’s new arrivals came.

But she has steadfastly rebuffed calls to close the German border, saying it would be unconstitutional and ultimately ineffective.

Time is running out to turn the tide ahead of three key state elections coming up in March, when the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany party hopes to gain seats at the CDU’s expense.

The public mood has soured in particular since a rash of sexual assaults and robberies during New Year’s Eve celebrations in the western city of Cologne blamed on North African and Arab migrants.