Adam Provan, 44, was convicted of committing eight counts of rape (Pictures: Central News/PA)
An ex-Metropolitan Police officer has been found guilty of raping a colleague multiple times and also attacking a 16-year-old girl.
Adam Provan raped a fellow officer six times between 2003 and 2005, while subjecting her to a campaign of ‘controlling and abusive behaviour and sexual violence’.
The 44-year-old was serving in the Met’s East Area Command Unit at this time, and also when he raped his teenage victim in a park twice in 2010.
Wood Green Crown Court heard how the assault was ‘brazen and calculated’ after he met the woman on a blind date through a friend and lied about his age. He said he was 22 when he was actually 31.
The victim told a relative she had been raped at the time but it was not reported to police until 2016.
Provan was later found guilty and given a nine-year sentence for the attack, but his conviction was quashed in a successful appeal last year.
His retrial, which included the allegations from the second victim, began last month.
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Provan leaving court in 2018, during his original trial for allegations of raping a teenager (Picture: Central News)
Provan was serving in the Met’s East Area Command Unit at the time of his offences (Picture: PA)
Provan denied the charges against him but a jury unanimously found him guilty of all eight counts of rape yesterday.
Provan, who lives near the town of Newmarket in Suffolk, will be sentenced on August 21.
Detective sergeant Victoria James said: ‘These are truly dreadful offences. Provan abused his position to win the trust of both these women. I hardly need to say Provan’s behaviour fell grossly short of what we expect from our police officers.
‘The 2010 assault was brazen and calculated, with clear indication he had planned it beforehand. The second victim suffered a campaign of controlling and abusive behaviour and sexual violence. I commend the incredible courage of both women in helping us bring Provan to justice.
‘The commissioner has been extremely clear there is no place in the Met for anyone who does not uphold the highest standards and where there is criminality we will absolutely investigate and bring before the courts.’
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Adam Provan was a serving officer when he ‘abused his position to win the trust’ of both victims.
