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Six Nottinghamshire Police officers "did nothing" to support a vulnerable woman who alleged she had been raped by a gang, a misconduct hearing has found.
It has been determined that the behaviour the six officers -four of whom have now resigned - amounts to gross misconduct.
In the early hours of the morning on New Year's Day in 2025, Nottinghamshire Police received a call from a man claiming he had been assaulted by a woman in his flat in the city centre.
Six officers attended the incident and, when they arrived, they found an undressed woman- described as being intoxicated"-lying in bed with another man and a further two men sat in the room. The woman made repeated claims that she had been raped by the three men in the room, however they were not arrested and the officers did not record any allegation of rape on the police log.
Instead, the woman was arrested on suspicion of "breach of the peace," despite a number of the officers being aware she was repeatedly claiming she had been raped. Whilst the officers were in attendance, she also claimed she had been "battered" and stated her genitalia felt sore due to the alleged rape. Yet, after being led into the property's hallway and being 'de-arrested,' she was eventually left to walk alone through Nottingham city centre, on what has been described as the busiest night' of the year for incidents. All six of the officers have been accused of breaching standards of behaviour by not making any attempts to safeguard the woman, to arrest the suspects, preserve the scene, or treat the woman with respect and dignity.
For the officers still in the force -PC Nitchell and PC Self -the gross misconduct finding means they could be faced with two options, being either a final red warning or to be dismissed without notice.
For the officers who have resigned, they will not face any direct consequences, but the panel will still determine what action would have been taken had they still be in the force.
Should they face consequences even though they've resigned?
