Police Scotland officer found guilty of multiple rape charges

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 15:44 · Archive

A serving Police Scotland officer has been convicted of raping a teenage girl and a woman in the Shetland area. Carmichael John Williamson, 32, was found guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh on Thursday of three rape charges and one charge of sexual activity with a girl under 16. All offences took place while he was off-duty.

Williamson had sex with a 15-year-old girl on multiple occasions between April and September 2014, and raped her on a further occasion between April 2014 and October 2015. He was also convicted of raping a woman in 2020 and again in 2022, when she was intoxicated and incapable of consenting. During the trial, the woman gave evidence that sexual activity took place after she and Williamson went behind a community hall during a wedding celebration in 2022.

Williamson has been remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced on 8 December. He has been placed on the sex offenders' register. Police Scotland said he was arrested, charged and suspended from duty on 10 January 2024, after reports of offences were received in December 2023. At the time of the earlier incidents in 2014 and 2015, he was a special constable. He has served as a police constable for more than a decade.

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• Police Scotland officer found guilty of raping teenage girl and womanA serving Scotland Police officer has been convicted of raping a teenage girl and a woman in separate incidents, after denying three rape charges and a further charge of having sex with a child under 16. Carmichael John Williamson, 32, from Burra, was found guilty of the crimes in the Shetland area, following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. He was placed on the sex offenders’ register and remanded in custody ahead of sentencing on December 8. The court heard Williamson, who had served as a police constable for more than a decade, had sex with a 15-year-old girl on multiple occasions…GB News · 15 Oct, 15:11
• Police Scotland officer found guilty of raping teenage girl and womanCarmichael John Williamson attacked both women on the Shetland IslandsThe Independent · 15 Oct, 13:17

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