NOT GUILTY: Woman Police Sergeant Cleared Of Attacking Husband's Lover

Walking Free: Sergeant Sohi

A female police sergeant, charged with repeatedly punching her husband's lover after hunting the pair down, walked free yesterday when the woman refused to turn up at court.

Sergeant Prabh Sohi, 38, who serves with Surrey Police, was accused of confronting the pair in a medical centre car park and battering the woman with her own shoe when it flew off during the melee.

Sergeant Sohi, of Marshall Road, Godalming always denied the charge and was found not guilty of assaulting Rouksana Haji outside Pinn Medical Centre, Love Lane, Pinner on April 9.

Ms Haji, who has made two withdrawal statements since that date, failed to appear at Willesden Magistrates Court and the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence.

A CPS application to adjourn the trial to another date was refused.

Police Sergeant Sohi, who has received commendations during her thirteen-year career, claims to be the first female ethnic minority officer on the Surrey force.

She has led various teams and investigated complex cases. 

Prosecutor Ms Maya Arputham told the court Sergeant Sohi travelled with her father and five-month old child to the car park, where her husband and Ms Haji were sitting in a vehicle.

Sergeant Sohi made no comment when interviewed by police so it is not known how she knew where to find them.

Ms Haji got out of the car and later told police: "She hit me in the face and my shoe fell off.

"She picked it up and hit me in the face three or four times, calling me a: 'dirty slag'."

Photographs of Ms Haji's injuries were shown to the magistrates and were said to include marks and bruises to the back.

It is understood Sergeant Sohi's husband is still with Ms Haji.