Notices served on GMP officers in rape investigation

24 Mar 2014 12:27 PM

Notices have been served on officers under investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) over allegations that a rape complaint was not handled properly by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) in 2010.

Two serving detectives – a Detective Inspector and a Detective Constable; a retired Detective Inspector; and a retired Detective Constable now serving as a civilian with the force have been served with notices alleging they failed to carry out the investigation to the correct standards and failed to provide adequate support to the victim.

They are being investigated for the criminal offence of misconduct in a public office and will be interviewed by IPCC investigators under criminal caution

A police constable is also being investigated for misconduct.

The investigation, announced in January 2014, began after the IPCC learned that a complainant reported being raped at knife-point but alleged that the incident was not investigated properly by the force and that a man identified as being responsible was never arrested or interviewed.