PROSECUTORS yesterday withdrew charges against a celebrity photographer accused of planting a listening device outside Nicole Kidman’s mansion.Jamie Fawcett, 41, was charged in January 2005 with possessing and using a listening device after he allegedly was spotted planting the bug near a sidewalk outside Kidman’s Sydney home.

The New South Wales state Department of Public Prosecutions withdrew all charges against Fawcett in Sydney’s Local Court yesterday. The reasons for the decision were not immediately clear.

“It was a very narrow investigation that once again targeted the photographers at a scene and I felt that was perhaps unfair,” Fawcett told reporters outside the court.

“I am often asked about the feud between Miss Kidman and myself,” he added. “In fact, I don’t have any opinion whatsoever about Miss Kidman, other than to wish her all the best.”

Kidman’s Australian agent, Wendy Day, said it was a matter for prosecutors and the actress had no comment.

“It has nothing to do with Nicole,” she said. “That was something to do between the DPP and Jamie Fawcett.”