Two women raped by Met policeman, trial told

A man raped two women when he was a Metropolitan Police officer, a prosecutor told a jury.

Jake Cummings, who has also been a special constable in Dorset, "does not take no for an answer", barrister James Thacker KC said at a trial at St Albans Crown Court.

He told jurors that Cummings, now 26, who lived in Lytton Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, had already been convicted of controlling and coercive behaviour and stalking.

Cummings, who was arrested at his mother's home in Weymouth, Dorset, denied rape.

Mr Thacker gave details of allegations made by the two women when opening the case on Monday.

Cummings had been in relationships with each woman and had raped one in 2021 and the other in 2024, he said.

He added that Cummings had told police investigating the women's allegations that sex was consensual.

The two women lived in different parts of Britain and did not know each other, Mr Thacker told the trial.

He said the behaviour and stalking offences Cummings had either been found guilty of or admitted related to the two women.

Mr Thacker said Cummings raped one of the women in 2021 when they were still in a relationship.

He said Cummings wanted sex but the woman did not.

"However she was extremely concerned about him getting angry," Mr Thacker told jurors.

"She therefore submitted to having sexual intercourse with him."

He said Cummings had raped the woman and added: "She was forced in all the circumstances to have sexual intercourse with him."

Mr Thacker said Cummings had raped the second woman after they met following the end of their relationship.

"He asked her for sex," said Mr Thacker.

"She said no."

Mr Thacker added: "He does not take no for an answer."

He said Cummings was a "serving police officer" when the women were raped.

Cummings had been a special constable in Dorset in 2018 until he joined the Metropolitan Police in November 2019, Mr Thacker told the jury.

Judge Bilal Siddique told jurors that the two women could not be identified as rape victims in reports.

The trial continues.

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