This Article is From Jan 07, 2012

Indian-origin cop accused of using database for sex

London: An Indian-origin UK police constable has been accused of using his force's database to target vulnerable women for sex while on duty.

Police constable Jasbir Singh Dhanda, 52, is accused of misusing the database while he was a serving officer with Derbyshire Police over a seven-year period, The Daily Mail reported.

The officer allegedly had sex with two women while he was working after tracking them down on the police systems.

Dhanda has denied all charges.

One of his victims has claimed that Dhanda would ignore calls that came through on his police radio as he attempted to have sex with her.

Neil Moore, prosecuting, told Nottingham Crown Court yesterday that the constable targeted three women in total because they were "vulnerable" and he did not believe they would report him, the daily said.

He is accused of 12 counts of misconduct in a public office and obtaining personal data through misuse of a police database.

The court heard Dhanda accessed the records of one of the complainants 100 times over a two-year period.

The report said he met one of the women after she complained to the police about an incident involving her former partner.

Another complainant said she felt compelled to do as Dhanda asked because he was a police officer.

Dhanda is alleged to have told the woman, who was a prostitute, there was a warrant for her arrest but that he would not execute it if she got him some cocaine.

The police constable, who is suspended from Derbyshire Police pending the outcome of criminal proceedings, faces seven counts of misconduct in a public office and five counts of obtaining personal data.
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