Birmingham: A police officer in UK, who has admitted to sexually assaulting women while on duty, allegedly told a rape victim that he would only investigate the crime if she agreed to perform oral sex on him.
According to a report in Daily Mail, Marie Reynolds, who is from Erdington in Birmingham, has accused 47-year-old Steven Walters of demanding sexual favours. Marie claims that the police officer told he would examine a crucial CCTV footage that could have helped her nail the culprit in the rape case, only if she performed oral sex on him.
40-year-old Marie, who is a hairdresser by profession, says she did not want to be anonymous so that she could warn the public against Walters. She went public with her story after the police officer admitted to two sex attacks on women during a trial at Stafford Crown Court.
According to Marie, the incident occurred when two officers had paid a visit at her mother’s home after she had complained about her sexual assault. While one officer was with her parents, Walters followed her into the bedroom she claims.
'He was coming across like he didn't believe me. I was so low and vulnerable. I was promised he would sort it all out, that he'd look at the CCTV. But first he made me perform a sex act. I was just getting nowhere and needed help,” she was quoted in the report.
Marie insisted that the other police officer had no idea what had transpired between the other two and that Walters behaved as if nothing had happened.
“He acted as if nothing had happened, but I felt dirty. I told my mum as soon as he left. I wanted their help,' Marie said, breaking into tears.
'I agreed [to what he wanted] because I was desperate to get the CCTV evidence to prove to people that I was not lying and making up these allegations. I was desperate for someone to look into the case and investigate it.'
Marie says she has lost her faith in the police and wants Walters to be jailed for what he did.
Walters has been suspended from duty and is facing an internal inquiry to allegations against him. A court case is also on against him and the judge had warned that he would most likely go to jail for his offence.
