A Devon and Cornwall Police car - Nicholas Stone was serving with the force at the time. A court in England has today cleared a serving police officer of rape. However, Police Constable (PC) Nicholas Stone was told by the trial judge he faces jail for having sex with the woman - for which he has been found guilty of . Stone was being tried for events from 1999 to 2001, when he worked for . He met the woman involved following an arrest of a relative of hers. The prosecution had alleged he had sex with her on duty, and that this represented misconduct. He faced three misconduct charges, but was today cleared of the other two by a jury at Exeter . Edward Burgess, defending, had suggested to the jury anger at Stone's lack of support for the woman following the miscarriage motivated the woman to lie about being raped. He told the jury their feelings about Stone's unfaithfulness towards his wife should not influence their decisions. Judge Graham Cottle had given similar instructions as he sent them out to begin deliberations yesterday : "What is required of you is a dispassionate assessment of the evidence."
A Devon and Cornwall Police car - Nicholas Stone was serving with the force at the time. A court in England yesterday cleared a serving police officer of rape. However, Police Constable (PC) Nicholas Stone was told by the trial judge he faces jail for having sex with the woman - for which he has been found guilty of . Stone was being tried for events from 1999 to 2001, when he worked for . He met the woman involved following an arrest of a relative of hers. The prosecution had alleged he had sex with her on duty, and that this represented misconduct. He faced three misconduct charges, but was cleared of the other two by a jury at Exeter . Edward Burgess, defending, had suggested to the jury anger at Stone's lack of support for the woman following the miscarriage motivated the woman to lie about being raped. He told the jury their feelings about Stone's unfaithfulness towards his wife should not influence their decisions. Judge Graham Cottle had given similar instructions as he sent them out to begin deliberations on Thursday : "What is required of you is a dispassionate assessment of the evidence."
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