Met Police officer cleared of rape

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PC Callum Utley, a serving Metropolitan Police officer, was cleared of one count of rape

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A Metropolitan Police officer has been cleared of rape.

PC Callum Utley, 25, of Penn, Buckinghamshire, was accused of committing the offence in 2019 in Beaconsfield while he was off duty.

He was found not guilty of one count of rape following a four-day trial at Amersham Crown Court.

He was originally charged after an investigation by Thames Valley Police.

PC Utley is attached to the Met's West Area Command Unit but has been suspended from duty.

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