By Eric King-
A met police officer has been jailed for 9 years after raping a teenager he once dated.
Disgraced 39 year old PC Adam Provan was jailed for nine years for raping a 16-year-old ‘girl in woods while on a first date
.The officer has been suspended from duties and will now face misconduct proceedings. PC Adam Provan, 39, said he wanted to take the teenager to the cinema after telling her he was just 22-years-old, but he instead took her to woodland and raped her in Romford, east London.Wood Green Crown Court heard how he then took her to a McDonald’s in Harold Hill and bought milkshakes while researching film plots so he could convince the victim’s father that they had been to the cinema He was jailed today for nine years after he was found guilty by the jury following a week-long trial.The court heard Provan and the victim met through a friend of the victim’s who he had initially contacted by mistake in 2010. The pair had exchanged messages and photos before deciding to go on a date in August 2010. Shamed Provan admitted being a police officer but lied about his age to the girl.
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Ideas the victim had for escaping were ditched once she realized she had left her bag in the constable’s car and she was in a remote area.
PC Provan then took her to a fast-food restaurant in Harold Hill, north-east London, where he looked up films on his mobile phone, encouraging her to lie to her father and tell him that they had been to the cinema. He then took the girl for a walk in Central Park in Harold Hill, where he forced her to commit a sex act.The court heard that the girl had told him “no” several times. She later told a relative she had been raped and the crimes were reported to police in May 2016. PC Provan was arrested on June 1, 2016, and charged on September 26, 2017.
He admitted he had been on the date but denied anything sexual had happened. The investigation was led by DS Liz Gaunt and DI Jimi Tele from (CASO).Detective Superintendent Sian Thomas, of the Child Abuse and Sexual Offences Command, said: “PC Provan abused his position to win the trust of his victim and deliberately deceived her; she felt reassured he was a police officer and had no idea of the large age gap between them.
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“This assault was brazen and calculated, with clear indication he had planned it beforehand
A Met Police constable convicted of twice raping a 16-year-old girl on their “first date” has been jailed for nine years.
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PC Adam Provan, 39, raped the teenage girl in a wooded area and then took her for a walk in a park in north-east London where he forced her to commit a sex act, a court heard.The victim told the court that she had said “no” to him several times and it would have been absolutely clear to him that she was not consenting.
PC Provan, who claimed to be only 22, abused his position and had planned the “brazen and calculated” assault beforehand.
He had met his teenage victim through a friend who he had initially contacted by mistake, a court heard.
The officer and the girl, aged 16 at the time, exchanged messages and photos before deciding to go on a date.
PC Provan, attached to the East Area Command Unit, told her he was a police officer and she felt that she could trust him, but he also claimed to be 22 when he was really much older.
He was found guilty of two charges of rape after a trial at Wood Green Crown Court this month and sentenced on Friday to nine years in jail. He was also placed on the sex offenders’ register.
The officer has been suspended from duties and will now face misconduct proceedings.
In a press statement, the Met Police said PC Provan twice raped the girl on their “first date” in late August 2010. He took her to some woods where he first raped her.Ideas victim thought of ways to escape, but she felt that she was unable to because she had left her bag in the constable’s car and she was in a remote area.
PC Provan then took her to a fast-food restaurant in Harold Hill, north-east London, where he looked up films on his mobile phone, encouraging her to lie to her father and tell him that they had been to the cinema.
He then took the girl for a walk in Central Park in Harold Hill, where he forced her to commit a sex act.
The court heard that the girl had told him “no” several times.
She later told a relative she had been raped and the crimes were reported to police in May 2016.
PC Provan was arrested on June 1, 2016, and charged on September 26, 2017.
He admitted he had been on the date but denied anything sexual had happened.
The investigation was led by DS Liz Gaunt and DI Jimi Tele from (CASO).
Detective Superintendent Sian Thomas, of the Child Abuse and Sexual Offences Command, said: “PC Provan abused his position to win the trust of his victim and deliberately deceived her; she felt reassured he was a police officer and had no idea of the large age gap between them.
“This assault was brazen and calculated, with clear indication he had planned it beforehand.
“The victim has been incredibly brave in giving evidence in court and I commend her courage in reliving what happened to her in court.
“I would like to praise the efforts of the investigators involved whose dedication and thorough work has helped secure this conviction, and the sentence reflects the severity of his offending.
“The MPS expects its officers to uphold the highest standards of behaviour both whilst on and off-duty. PC Provan has been suspended from duties, and will now face misconduct proceedings.
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