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| Ryan Coleman-Farrow jailed for faking rape case records | Ryan Coleman-Farrow jailed for faking rape case records |
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| A former Metropolitan Police detective constable who specialised in rape cases has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for faking police records. | A former Metropolitan Police detective constable who specialised in rape cases has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for faking police records. |
| Ryan Coleman-Farrow, 30, from East Sussex, admitted 13 counts of misconduct in a public office, at Southwark Crown Court in September. | Ryan Coleman-Farrow, 30, from East Sussex, admitted 13 counts of misconduct in a public office, at Southwark Crown Court in September. |
| He failed to investigate rape and sexual assault cases and falsified entries on a police computer system. | He failed to investigate rape and sexual assault cases and falsified entries on a police computer system. |
| The convictions relate to 10 rape cases and three sex assault cases. | The convictions relate to 10 rape cases and three sex assault cases. |
| 'Thorough review' | 'Thorough review' |
| The 13 cases included a 96-year-old woman who witnesses said had been raped, a 49-year-old severely brain damaged care home resident who alleged she was raped by a member of staff, two 15-year-old girls, a 14-year-old schoolboy, and a vulnerable woman patient at a specialist unit for sexual abuse. | |
| The offences he should have investigated were committed between January 2007 and September 2010, while he was an officer at Kingston-upon-Thames, south-west London, working for Scotland Yard's specialist Sapphire unit. | The offences he should have investigated were committed between January 2007 and September 2010, while he was an officer at Kingston-upon-Thames, south-west London, working for Scotland Yard's specialist Sapphire unit. |
| In total 32 cases had to be reviewed by the Met, which sacked the officer in April 2011. The force said all the cases involved had been thoroughly reviewed. | In total 32 cases had to be reviewed by the Met, which sacked the officer in April 2011. The force said all the cases involved had been thoroughly reviewed. |
| Ahead of the sentencing Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan Howe said: "We're disgusted with what that officer was involved in. | |
| "People should have confidence in reporting rape and it will be investigated thoroughly. Hopefully we can put this down to an abhorrent individual. | |
| "The system didn't pick him up, and we've tightened those systems since to make sure we do. | |
| "Even with the best of systems, sometimes if someone's prepared to be dishonest in the system it can be rather difficult to pick that up." |