Police officer told a woman he met on Tinder he would kidnap, rape and murder her in chilling echo to the Sarah Everard case, a court heard
A police officer heard a woman heard to a woman in Tinder, a court.
Andrew Holmes was a service officer with Hampshire police while commenting a ‘threatening and disgusting’ to a woman he started talking in a friendship application.
During the speech made in August last year, the 32 -year -old boy said he would kidnap him, rape and kill him if they met.
Shock Kurban, the incident, especially when the police took into consideration the job role of Holmes reported that he was concerned about the comments.
The 32 -year -old Holmes survived the prison, but a regional judge said that he thought his comments were suitable against the background of the Sarah Everrard case.
Ms. Everard was kidnapped, raped and killed by serving Met Police Officer Wayne Couzens in March 2021 in a case that shocked England.
The Polale Magistrate Criminal Court heard that Holmes had a ‘short speech’ with the woman in Tinder last year.
In a statement, when the sacrifice first reported the incident to the police, they said that they did not feel that they affected me so much.
Andrew Holmes (in the picture) was a service officer with Hampshire police while talking to a woman in Tinder in August last year, a 32 -year -old boy, if they met, he would kidnap him and kill him and burn his body.
32 -year -old Holmes (in the picture) was arrested two days later by other officers at his home in Southampton on 18 August. However, a regional judge said that his comments were suitable against the background of the Sarah Everrard case.
Describing the comments by Leah Dillon, who described the comments as’ rough and disgusting ‘, he added:’ Although he told me he was a police officer, I was really hoping because I didn’t want to believe that a police officer would say such terrible things.
When the police told me that he was an officer and he was arrested, he really shook me. I started thinking about what would happen if we met.
‘This made me feel very restless, especially the rape interpretation, because it’s something for women on the dating sites.’
Holmes’u ‘short’ interactions before the sacrifice, Holmes ‘interpretations’ confidence ‘how to hit’ shared.
They added: ‘I haven’t been on any dating site since this incident and has no plan.
‘I don’t know why you can tell me this thing, but he doesn’t know what their real intentions are.’
Two days later, Holmes was arrested on 18 August by officers at his home in Southampton.
Officers also discovered a police baton that could not be extended in the bedside drawer.
Holmes was sentenced to six weeks of imprisonment at the Poole Magistrate Criminal Court (in the picture), suspended for 12 months and ordered to do unpaid work of 100 hours. In addition, the victim could pay £ 500 for compensation and prosecution costs 650 £.
Sarah Everrard (in the picture) was kidnapped, raped and killed in a case that shocked England in March 2021 by serving Met Police Officer Wayne Couzens.
Holmes refused to send an aggressive, immoral, obscene or threatening message by the public communication network and by the public communication network. However, he admitted that he had an aggressive weapon in a private place.
Holmes, who was guilty of the accusations after the hearing, was dismissed from his job after a abuse in March.
Defense, Rosa Bennathan, Mr. Holmes ‘a man with a good character’ described.
He said: ‘This good character loss will be important. Loss of career with actions.
“When he said he was not satisfied with the messages, he immediately apologized and tried to secure him, and real expressed the real significance.”
Bennathan also said that batons left unused equipment and that the officers would frequently take a spare of the police station.
“He aimed to use it as a spare, took him home with him and forgot that he did it.
The court also heard that Holmes began to ‘re -establish’ a ‘relationship’ with a woman, Mrs. Sarah Hocking.
In the picture: 48 -year -old disgraceful police officer Wayne Couzens
In the picture: A group of women hugs while standing in front of the tributes for Sarah Everard
The couple, who met on a dating site, has known each other for eight years, and Mrs Hocing Holmes describes the ‘constantly gentle and supportive’.
Bennathan added: He and Sarah Hocing begin to re -establish, act together and discuss a family.
“ Poisonous, will not commit a similar crime in the future and not a risk for the public. ‘
Judge Mike Snow, Holmes’a ‘comments’ comments can be taken as a reasonable joke ‘is not a possibility’, he said.
You were a police officer who served on August 16, 2024, addressing the former police officer directly.
‘I find it surprising that it is appropriate to send two messages to the background of the Sarah Everrard case, and that it is appropriate to send two messages to the burning of the kidnapping, rape, murder and the body.
“ He had a very deep effect on your victim. He left the dating sites because he was afraid that he would meet someone who would behave in a similar way. ‘
Although the judge, this imprisonment of the ‘most serious category’, Holmes’un previous good character and real rehabilitation expectation will be suspended, he added.
Holmes was sentenced to six weeks of imprisonment, suspended for 12 months and ordered to do unpaid works of 100 hours. In addition, the victim was supposed to pay £ 500 compensation and the cost of prosecution was £ 650.
Judge Mike Snow told Holmes: ‘I find it surprising that it is appropriate to send two messages to the background of the Sarah Everrard case, referring to the two messages that refer to the kidnapping, rape, murder and burning of the body’ (Picture: CCTV images caught in MS Everard)
In addition, the police were ordered to fine £ 200 for Baton crime and £ 154 sacrifice.
Hampshire Deputy Police Chief Consul Tony Rowlinson said: ‘It is unthinkable that someone who describes themselves as a police officer is not on duty, that it would be appropriate to make such threatening comments to someone they have met.
PC Holmes may not aim to cause emotional or psychological damage to the woman, but must have predicted that there is such a risk of damage.
‘Such behaviors weaken the trust and confidence in a male civil servant in order to perceive and respect for women and girls and to take their reports seriously.’
