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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Woman allegedly raped by police officer tells jury ‘he didn’t take no for an answer’

David Longden-Thurgood
David Longden-Thurgood, a Hampshire police officer, told the woman she was ‘blowing it out of proportion’, the court heard. Photograph: Will Dax/Solent News

A woman who was allegedly raped by a police officer has told a jury she did not try to force him off her because her children were asleep in the house and she worried about what he would do if she stopped him.

The alleged victim, a businesswoman in her 30s, said she developed romantic feelings for David Longden-Thurgood, 48, after being matched with him on a dating app.

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