A former Metropolitan police officer who served in the same unit as Sarah Everard\u2019s killer, Wayne Couzens, has been found guilty of sexual offences against a woman he met through his work as an officer.<\/p>\n
A court heard that Mark Tyrrell raped the woman \u2013 who cannot be identified for legal reasons \u2013 by having sex with her after she repeatedly said no.<\/p>\n
The 57-year-old was then said to have told her \u201cI don\u2019t believe what\u2019s just happened\u201d and \u201cdo you realise that what I\u2019ve just done, that was rape?\u201d<\/p>\n
Tyrrell had been attached to the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command, which is where the convicted rapists Couzens and David Carrick both worked.<\/p>\n
He was convicted of one count of rape, three of sexual assault and one of perverting the course of justice after a trial at Southwark crown court.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Catherine Farrelly KC alleged that when the woman resisted Tyrrell\u2019s sexual advances \u201che simply chose to take what he wanted\u201d.<\/p>\n
The court heard that concerns were raised after officers attended her address for a separate matter and found Tyrrell hiding by the side of her bed.<\/p>\n
The former PC was found guilty of perverting the course of justice by attempting to delete messages with the woman.<\/p>\n
In one message, the court was told he said he was \u201csorry\u201d for \u201cbeing a sex offender\u201d and \u201cfor ruining your life by being in it\u201d.<\/p>\n
Jurors found him not guilty in relation to 13 other charges, including one count of rape.<\/p>\n
In his evidence, Tyrrell claimed sexual intercourse between them was always consensual and \u201cthere was never any forcefulness to it\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ch Supt Sara Leach, commander within specialist operations, said: \u201cThis kind of conduct is abhorrent but even more so when it is carried out by a serving officer, who had gained the trust of the victim.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe remain appalled that someone like this was serving within our organisation and it is right he has been brought to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tyrrell previously admitted misconduct in a public office. He also pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice by persuading the woman to lie to the police about why he was in her bedroom.<\/p>\n
The defendant, of Meltham, West Yorkshire, will be sentenced on 16 December.<\/p>\n
Everard, 33, was kidnapped, raped and murdered by then Met officer Couzens in 2021. He was later given a whole-life order.<\/p>\n
Carrick, 51, who previously served as an armed officer in the Met, is serving 37 life sentences after attacking more than a dozen women.<\/p>\n
Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organisations. In the UK, Rape Crisis<\/a> offers support on 0808 500 2222 in England and Wales, 0808 801 0302 in Scotland<\/a>, or 0800 0246 991 in Northern Ireland<\/a>. In the US, Rainn<\/a> offers support on 800-656-4673. In Australia, support is available at 1800Respect<\/a> (1800 737 732). Other international helplines can be found at ibiblio.org\/rcip\/internl.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former Metropolitan police officer who served in the same unit as Sarah Everard\u2019s killer, Wayne Couzens, has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":815974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-815973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/815974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}