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Met Police officer investigated over claims he raped two colleagues

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Vincent
Date01 April 2021
Published date01 April 2021
The male officer was not charged or suspended, but is to face a misconduct hearing more than three years after the claims were made, a BBC investigation with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism BIJ found.

Both women were reportedly involved in “abusive” relationships with the unnamed officer, before being introduced to each other by a mutual friend.

The BBC said they made separate allegations of physical and sexual assault in 2017, which were denied by the male officer.

An investigation by Essex Police and the Crown Prosecution Service was then reportedly dropped in 2019 because of a lack of evidence.

One of the women, 'Holly' – whose name was changed by the BBC to protect her anonymity – told the broadcaster it was a “really bad investigation” with poor evidence-gathering.

She claimed Essex Police “didn’t even finish taking all my allegations” and did not arrest the suspect.

In a statement to the BBC, Essex Police said that, although they carried out lengthy inquiries, they accept “there were areas for improvement in the management of these investigations”.

The force added that the male officer was not arrested because “there was no immediate safeguarding concern due to the non-recent nature of the allegations and the lack of contact between suspect and victims”.

'Holly' was awarded £17,100 last year in compensation by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority...

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