Police officer appears in court charged with raping woman in Plymouth

David Stansbury, currently suspended from Hertfordshire force, accused of three offences while on duty in 2009

A serving police sergeant has appeared before a district judge accused of raping a woman on three occasions while he was on duty more than a decade ago.

David Stansbury, 42, faces charges of three offences of rape that allegedly took place in Plymouth, Devon, in 2009 and were reported to police in 2020.