A Metropolitan Police officer has denied a total of 20 offences against four women, including rape, sexual assault, false imprisonment and controlling behaviour.
PC David Carrick, 46, of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, entered almost two dozen not guilty pleas as he appeared at St Albans Crown Court on Friday.
The suspended officer, who was part of the Met's Parliamentary Diplomatic Protection Command, donned a dark suit, white shirt and brown tie as he appeared via video link from Belmarsh prison in south-east London.
He was first charged in October with allegedly raping one woman he had met on a Tinder date at a St Albans hotel in August.
Three more women came forward following his first court appearance and he was charged with 19 additional offences, allegedly carried out between January 1 2017 and July 1 2020.
The additional charges include: six more counts of rape, five of sexual assault, two of sexual assault by penetration, two of coercive and controlling behaviour, two of false