A Metropolitan Police officer who used duct tape to restrain a lady requested her “who are you going to tell? I am the police”, a court docket has heard.
PC Sam Grigg, 36, tied his flatmate to the couch by her wrists and ankles and later harm her twice with a kitchen knife as he minimize her free, Kingston Crown Court heard.
The younger lady mentioned she “100% thought” she was going to be raped by Grigg throughout what was described as “10 minutes of terror”.
Grigg was sacked from the Met after being charged and beforehand pleading responsible on the similar court docket to false imprisonment and assault in opposition to the lady.
Ahead of his sentencing on Friday afternoon, the court docket heard the officer, who was not on obligation on the time, approached his flatmate within the kitchen of the townhouse they shared in Twickenham, southeast London, whereas their different flatmates have been out on 2 December final yr.
Prosecutor Alexander Agbamu mentioned Grigg grabbed the lady’s wrists and pulled her in direction of him earlier than bending her over the couch and tying her ankles collectively and taping over her mouth.
At one level Grigg left to reply the door earlier than “smiling” down at her as she tried to free herself by edging in direction of a drawer she believed might need a knife inside.
The lady requested him to take away the bindings and Grigg replied: “If you ask nicely, I’ll take them off.”
He finally received a knife from the kitchen and used it to chop the tape, nicking her ankle and wrist within the course of.
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‘Who are you going to inform?’
She requested him to keep away from slicing her once more after the primary minimize, to which Grigg mentioned: “What will you do if I do… Who are you going to tell? I am the police”.
One of the primary issues the lady did after the assault was message a pal: “I genuinely, like 100%, thought he was going to rape me.”
Grigg was arrested mid-shift at Mitcham Police Station and a search of his bed room uncovered a bag of cable ties, a number of pairs of handcuffs – together with two which have been police-issue – bundles of rope, a gig and a ball, and 4 silk cloths.
Victim influence assertion
Mr Agbamu mentioned because the assault the lady has struggled to sleep, didn’t eat for a very long time and has self-harmed.
He mentioned “aggravating factors” included “the pleasure the defendant seemed to derive from the incident”, his place as a police officer and the “clear sexual overtone” of the assault.
Defending, John Howey mentioned: “He (Grigg) says it would not have progressed beyond the tying up phase to rape or any other form of sexual assault.”
Source: information.sky.com”