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Police officer charged with raping woman

BBC Close up of Devon and Cornwall Police vehicle. The vehicle has blue and yellow reflection stickers on its exterior. A Devon and Cornwall Police logo is above the door handle.BBC
Police said the alleged incident happened in Exeter in August 2018

A Devon and Cornwall Police officer has been charged with rape.

Sgt James Rawlinson, 36, was postal requisitioned over one charge of raping a woman aged 16 or over, said Devon and Cornwall Police.

The force said it related to an alleged incident while he was off-duty in Exeter in August 2018.

It said Sgt Rawlinson, who is based in Exeter, had been suspended and he was due to appear at Plymouth Magistrates' Court on Monday.

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