Police officer jailed for rape

A Metropolitan Police officer has been jailed for more than four years for rape.

The police officer was found guilty of raping a woman at an address in London, the United Kingdom, on May 11, 2021, after a trial at Inner London Crown Court earlier this year.

He was sentenced to four years and six months’ imprisonment at the same court on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

The police officer deliberately targeted the victim when she was in a vulnerable situation, and she woke up to being raped by him, the CPS said.

During a police interview, he denied having sex with the victim, but later changed his story to claim it was consensual after he learned of forensic evidence, the CPS said.

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“It is shocking to know that someone we trusted to enforce the law has broken it and committed one of the most heinous crimes on a woman,” CPS official Cassandra Bligh said.

The officer had denied the charge, dpa reported.

Chief Superintendent Andy Carter said that after January’s verdict that he was sickened by the defendant’s abhorrent behaviour and the pain he had caused the victim.

He said there is no place for people like this in the force, vowing to root out such vile individuals.

The defendant was reported to police on June 2, 2021, and arrested on June 3.

He was suspended from duty on March 3, 2022, after admitting to lying during the police interview.

The Star