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A serving Met Police officer allegedly raped a female colleague after an eight-hour drinking binge and then accused her of treating him 'like a sex offender' the next day, a court heard.
PC Ireland Teddington 'Ted' Murdock, 26, denies violating the woman at her Clapham flat after the leaving drinks party for a Sergeant at a north London pub.
At the time PC Murdock - known as 'Ted' - was attached to the Central North Command Unit, having joined the Met in January 2019.
The jury heard the WhatsApp messages exchanged between PC Murdock and the complainant the day after the alleged incident, in which she tells him: 'I'm in a stupid amount of pain.'
PC Murdock responded by saying 'You're treating me like a sex offender,' and added: 'Just say Ted is a rapist.'
PC Ireland Teddington 'Ted' Murdock, 26, denies violating the woman at her Clapham flat after the leaving drinks party for a Sergeant at a north London pub
The defendant, of Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire has pleaded not guilty to one count of rape.
Inner London Crown Court heard the pair 'kissed passionately' at a bus stop outside the Abbey Tavern while waiting for a 1.00am Uber, with the WPC sitting on PC Murdock's lap.
They returned to her shared flat in the early hours of September 25, 2021, where she says she consented to sexual activity, but not to all of PC Murdock's behaviour and he raped her and slept over until the following morning.
Agreeing she bought PC Murdock shots of alcohol at the Kentish Town pub the woman conceded telling him regarding her alcohol intake: 'I have a lot of catching up to do.'
She told the trial she had approximately four drinks that night and at the bus stop PC Murdock tried to put his hand inside her jeans.
The female officer insisted things went too far in her bedroom and she did not consent to
