A Detective Constable attached to a specialist sexual offences unit, who drunkenly molested a female officer during an off-duty Christmas party, has been sentenced.
Croydon Magistrates' Court
Jose Poonsawat, 39, was attached to the Metropolitan Police’s Sapphire unit, which investigates rapes and serious sexual assaults in the capital.
He pleaded guilty at Croydon Magistrates’ Court to sexually assaulting the woman at the Lambeth event on December 15, 2022.
Poonsawat, of Schoolhouse Yard, Bloomfield Road, Plumstead, who was sacked three weeks ago for gross misconduct, received a four-month alcohol ban as part of the sentence and will wear an electronic ankle tag monitor.
It was a case of brief one-off inappropriate touching, which the fast-tracked police disciplinary hearing heard left the victim “horrified”.
Poonsawat was made subject to a Community Order, which includes an alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement until December 21.
He must also comply with a four-month electronically monitored curfew and remain at home between 8.00pm and 6.00am until the same date.
Poonsawat was also ordered to pay £85 costs and £114 victim surcharge.
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