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Case dropped against 'traumatised' former Met officer
BBC ^ | 04 30 2024 | James W Kelly & PA Media

Posted on 04/30/2024 10:20:59 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

The case against a highly decorated Metropolitan Police officer has been dropped after a court heard she was left "traumatised" by her legal ordeal.

Former superintendent Novlett Robyn Williams, 59, was accused of failing repeatedly to comply with her sex offender notification requirements.

On the day she was due to go on trial at the Old Bailey, prosecutor Richard Wright KC told the court it would not be in the public interest to continue with the case.

He said the decision had been made in light of a recent psychiatric report outlining the ongoing effect of the court proceedings on Ms Williams' mental health.

Mr Wright said: "After careful consideration, the prosecution has concluded that in light of the mental health report, in particular its assessment of the effect these ongoing proceedings are having on the current health of Ms Williams, it is no longer in the public interest to pursue the prosecution."

The prosecutor invited the court to order the charges to lie on the court file.

Defence barrister Rajiv Menon KC told the court of the "very detrimental effect" the case had on Ms Williams.

He said: "She has been punished to a large extent, not only by the conviction but by the end of her distinguished career as a police officer first in Nottinghamshire, latterly in the Metropolitan Police."

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KEYWORDS: england; mentalhealth; metofficer
"A case against Novlett Robyn Williams risked her mental health, a prosecutor said."


1 posted on 04/30/2024 10:20:59 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Black Privilege.


2 posted on 04/30/2024 10:29:06 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: yesthatjallen

I notice how they blew past the whole “sex offender registry” for the former officer rather quickly. I think that’s the real story. And of course the British press ignored it.

CC


3 posted on 04/30/2024 10:29:52 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

P.S: the original charge was child p*rn.

CC


4 posted on 04/30/2024 10:31:44 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: yesthatjallen

She’s traumatized about being caught. So what? She still needs to answer legally for her crime. Sounds like a new strategy for criminals has appeared.


5 posted on 04/30/2024 10:37:19 AM PDT by KittyKares
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To: Celtic Conservative

That’s not really the whole story there. I just googled her.


6 posted on 04/30/2024 10:43:11 AM PDT by rednesss (fascism is the union,marriage,merger or fusion of corporate economic power with governmental power )
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To: KittyKares

She?


7 posted on 04/30/2024 10:48:51 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: rednesss

do tell


8 posted on 04/30/2024 11:04:27 AM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: Az Joe

Apparently her sister saw something on social media floating around and sent it to her un-solicited via WhatApp because she wanted her to investigate it.


9 posted on 04/30/2024 11:33:02 AM PDT by rednesss (fascism is the union,marriage,merger or fusion of corporate economic power with governmental power )
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

She?
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Is she a trans woman?


10 posted on 04/30/2024 11:36:35 AM PDT by KittyKares
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To: rednesss

ok


11 posted on 04/30/2024 12:38:54 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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To: yesthatjallen

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg3n19ndn3eo

This description of events suggest that her infraction was a technical one compared to impression from the descriptor - the sentence was 200 hours of community service.


During her trial at the Old Bailey, jurors heard that she received a child abuse video by WhatsApp from her older sister so the officer could investigate the footage.

But she failed to report the clip and, while the court accepted she did not view it, the jury was not convinced she was unaware that it was on her phone.

She was dismissed from the Met Police after a disciplinary hearing in March 2020 found her conviction amounted to gross misconduct, but was later reinstated in 2021 following an appeal.

Supt Williams was placed on the sex offenders’ register for five years as part of her sentencing.

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She has now been charged with failing to notify police of information required five times between 22 November 2019 and 11 December 2021.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) alleges Supt Williams failed to notify police of details of a credit card account, bank account, debit card, and travel outside the UK between December 11 and 19, 2021.


12 posted on 04/30/2024 1:11:11 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: rednesss

Yeah, the reasons she cited for downloading it in the first place was an investigation. But she was sloppy and downloaded it to a personal device. However that’s not how the jury saw it and she was convicted. It’s entirely possible there are political motivations surrounding the whole thing that I don’t understand.

CC


13 posted on 04/30/2024 3:34:57 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Hah!

I wonder what she likes on her “pizza” ...


14 posted on 04/30/2024 3:38:44 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Celtic Conservative
OK ... maybe she's not into "pizza".

Maybe she really is innocent.

Would we even be considering that possibility if she was a white man? Or would "we" be clamoring to crucify him?

15 posted on 04/30/2024 3:41:15 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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