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Feb 2023
Harrogate police officer sexually assaulted woman while on duty, trial hears
A Harrogate police officer sexually assaulted a woman at a cemetery in Harrogate while he was on duty, it’s alleged.
Christopher Hudson, 32, assaulted the woman in a car park at Stonefall Cemetery on Wetherby Road, the prosecution told a jury at Leeds Crown Court.
Prosecuting barrister Gerald Hendron said Hudson, who was serving as a police constable based at Harrogate Police Station at the time of the alleged incident, stroked the woman on the back of the neck and ear and “pulled her…towards him”.
He then kissed her, but she repeatedly told him “No”.
Mr Hendron added:
She later told friends about what happened and how “shocked and confused” she had been during and after the incident.
Mr Hendron said:
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She sought help from a counsellor about stress which was brought on by the alleged incident in February 2021.
Hudson, of Hollin Terrace, Huddersfield, was arrested in March of that year when he denied sexually assaulting the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
He denies one count of sexual assault.
The trial continues.
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