[News] Serving Met police officer charged with rape of woman in Brighton

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TomandJerry

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Oct 1, 2013

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• May 27, 2022

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"A serving Metropolitan police officer has been charged with rape after an alleged incident on Brighton beach last year. Laurence Knight, 33, was arrested on 28 July 2021 after a woman reported being raped 11 days earlier.

Sussex police said the officer has been summoned to appear at Brighton magistrates court on 23 June. The force added that Knight was not on duty at the time of the alleged offence."

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Biscuit Barrel

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Jan 28, 2014

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• May 27, 2022

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TomandJerry said:

"A serving Metropolitan police officer has been charged with rape after an alleged incident on Brighton beach last year. Laurence Knight, 33, was arrested on 28 July 2021 after a woman reported being raped 11 days earlier.

Sussex police said the officer has been summoned to appear at Brighton magistrates court on 23 June. The force added that Knight was not on duty at the time of the alleged offence."

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Maybe have a trial first.

 

Cheshire Cat

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Nov 4, 2006

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• May 27, 2022

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It's taken a whole year to get that far?

 

GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009

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• May 27, 2022

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Cheshire Cat said:

It's taken a whole year to get that far?

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It would probably have taken a whole lot longer if he had been on duty!

 

Thunder Bolt

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Aug 18, 2009

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Beside the seaside, beside the sea

• May 27, 2022

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Cheshire Cat said:

It's taken a whole year to get that far?

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The Criminal Jusrice System has been run into the ground since 2010. 50% of all magistrates courts closed, and sold off, police numbers down, and the CPS staff reduced by 30%.
Then there was Covid.

This is why many rape victims give up, because the strain of giving evidence of such a traumatic experience weighs very heavily mentally.