Matt Pole reports:
A former Sussex Police officer, currently facing trial for rape and sexual assault charges following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation, has been charged with 18 further criminal offences.
The IOPC said ex-PC Christopher Mallet, 40, who was a police constable based at Horsham, is due to appear at Guildford Magistrates’ Court on May 19 charged with:
- three counts of corrupt or other improper exercise of police powers and privileges
- five counts of unauthorised access to computer material
- five counts of unlawful disclosure of personal data
- five counts of unlawful retention of personal data
The IOPC said the new charges relate to allegations he abused his powers to find out personal information about women that he came into contact with during the course of his policing duties.
Read more at Sussex Express.