Mental ill-health is losing its stigma, but it’s still used to blame victims of abuse
In the latest case of its type, the Met police failed a woman targeted by a predatory officer
A shocking story about the Metropolitan police last week: a woman who was groomed by a predatory officer has at last received an apology after the force spread false information about her mental health rather than investigate him.
Lorraine – not her real name – had first complained about PC Phil Hunter after he made a welfare visit to her home. Over a period of two years, he sent her inappropriate messages and tried to isolate her from friends and family as part of a “predatory” plan to have a sexual relationship with her.
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