A former police officer who mentioned he felt “powerless” to withstand having intercourse with a drunk and susceptible girl whereas responding to her 999 name is dealing with jail after being discovered responsible of misconduct in a public workplace.
Jordan Masterson, 28, was a probationary officer with Cheshire Constabulary when he went to the house of a girl, named in courtroom as feminine G, within the early hours in December 2021.
Chester Crown Court heard the girl, whose kids had been asleep in the home, had reported a disturbance and was “emotional” after consuming alcohol.
Giving proof from behind a display screen, she mentioned the “atmosphere changed” when Masterson touched her hand.
She mentioned: “How does this happen? How do you call the police and he ends up taking advantage of you when you’re drunk and vulnerable?”
The girl initially instructed police that she had been raped, however later mentioned she had wished intercourse.
Asked in courtroom about why she mentioned she had been raped, the girl replied: “That’s the word to describe how I felt. I felt completely violated.”
Masterson, who turned his bodyworn digicam off about quarter-hour after arriving at her house, instructed the courtroom it was the girl who had touched his hand and mentioned she had left the room whereas he was on a radio name and returned utterly bare.
The former officer, who resigned from the power in the summertime of 2022, mentioned “there was no thought process” through the sexual encounter and claimed the girl pulled him on high of her on to the couch.
He mentioned: “I remember just being confused, feeling completely numb like I was glued to the floor.”
Interviewed by police, Masterson, from Liverpool, made no remark to questions however gave a ready assertion by which he mentioned the girl had “instigated” bodily contact.
Female G had “been in control and he was powerless”, the courtroom heard.
A susceptible individual’s evaluation kind, which Masterson accomplished afterwards, warned officers to “be wary of what this female may do in the future and I urge my colleagues to attend double-crewed”.
Speaking after the decision, Rosemary Ainslie, head of the CPS Special Crime Division, mentioned: “He knew what he had done was wrong, and then attempted to cast doubt on the woman’s account.”
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Catherine Bates, regional director of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), mentioned: “Former PC Masterson’s disgraceful behaviour has absolutely no place in policing.”
An IOPC spokesman mentioned he was discovered responsible of gross misconduct at a listening to held earlier than the prison case began.
Masterson, who would have been dismissed from the power had he not already resigned, was positioned on the barred record, that means he can’t be employed in policing sooner or later.
He was instructed by Judge Michael Leeming that there was an “overwhelming likelihood” he can be jailed, because the case was adjourned for a pre-sentence report.
Source: information.sky.com”