A mother who claims she was raped by a police officer after they met on the Bumble dating app has told a court ‘he would not take no for an answer’.
PC David Longden-Thurgood is on trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of raping the woman, a mother aged in her 30s, at her home in Hampshire in October 2020.
The mother-of-three told the court that during the alleged assault, she was too frightened to try to force him off her because her children were asleep in the house.
The trial heard that the pair arranged to meet up after they exchanged a series of sexualised messages on Whatsapp.
In one message, the complainant asked ‘want to come spoon me?’ before adding that the defendant ‘would make an incredible big spoon’.
But she added in a further message: ‘I wouldn’t want any funny business though.’
The court heard that the pair went on to discuss their sexual preferences and sent photos to each other partially naked, with the defendant later sending her a photo of his erect penis.
The pair…
