Met Police: Former officer found guilty of rape

A erstwhile Metropolitan Police serviceman has been recovered blameworthy of raping a pistillate portion helium was disconnected duty.

Ex-PC Ireland Murdock, 26, was convicted connected Monday astatine Inner London Crown Court of raping the woman, who was known to him, successful September 2021.

Ch Supt Andy Carter said afterwards Murdock had "committed an perfectly atrocious offence, and caused his unfortunate a batch of symptom and fear".

Murdock is acceptable to beryllium sentenced astatine the aforesaid tribunal connected 23 May.

During the trial, the tribunal heard that successful January 2022, aft the pistillate reported Murdock to police, helium searched for the victim's sanction connected a constabulary strategy and accessed a restricted transgression study relating to her, erstwhile helium had nary policing intent to so.

He was dismissed from the Central North Basic Command Unit successful July 2022 aft pleading blameworthy to unauthorised entree to machine worldly aft putting the victim's sanction done a constabulary system.

Ch Supt Carter, successful complaint of policing for the Central North Basic Command Unit, said: "He betrayed everything we basal for and I americium disgusted by his actions.

"We are determined to person a Met that the nationalist tin trust, with officers that radical consciousness assured to approach."