PC accused of 'using database to target women'
23.05.12
A police constable accused of misconduct in public office used a police database to target vulnerable women for sex, a court heard today.
Pc Jasbir Singh Dhanda, aged 52, of Littleover, Derby, is on trial charged with 12 counts of misconduct in a public office and obtaining personal data through misuse of a police database while he
was a serving officer with Derbyshire Police over a seven-year period.
The court heard that one of the three complainants was a prostitute in Derby who was addicted to cocaine and heroin.
Opening his case at Nottingham Crown Court today, Neil Moore, prosecuting, told a jury of five women and seven men that Dhanda was accused of having sex with two of the three complainants while on
duty.
Dhanda used the police database to look up the women’s personal records, which showed addresses and details of their “vulnerability”, Mr Moore told the court.
The constable “targeted” the three complainants because they were “vulnerable” and because he did not believe they would report him, Mr Moore said.
Source: Asian Image