Off-duty Metropolitan Police officer raped woman after showing her his warrant ... trends now

An off-duty Metropolitan Police officer raped a stranger after showing her his warrant card and questioning her about her driving licence, a court has heard.

Special Constable Paul Hoile is alleged to have carried out the late-night attack by the side of a road after snatching the woman's phone following 'inappropriate' contact with her in July.

The 40-year-old, from Essex, claims consensual activity took place 'without fuss' after he and a friend approached the woman in Shropshire in July.

Opening the Crown's case against Hoile at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Wednesday, prosecutor Caroline Goodwin KC said the officer was staying in the area and was drunk.

The prosecutor said of the alleged victim, who cannot be identified: 'She was left confused, upset... emotionally distraught.

'But in those moments after, when she thought about what had occurred, she had sufficient about her that, in spite of

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