Homeless Rough Sleeper Cleared Of Joining Late-Night Park Rape

Not Guilty: Roden

A rough sleeper, accused of joining in the rape of a teenage West End nightclubber, has walked free after the prosecution dropped the expected retrial.

Wesley Rosen, 34, of Smith Street, Warrington was homeless when he claims he stumbled upon the 18 year-old A-Level student having consensual outdoor sex and was invited to join in.

Last year, a Southwark Crown Court jury failed to reach a verdict after a trial and this week the Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence.

Roden, who was on the run from police at the time, was found not guilty of raping the drunken teenager in Victoria Embankment Gardens, Charing Cross on August 16, 2019.

A second unknown suspect, who initially went to the small park with the complainant, continues to be wanted by police

The trial heard the young woman and two female friends drank vodka, beer and cider as they travelled from the outskirts of north London to West End superclub Heaven, where one of the other girls was refused admittance, due to intoxication.

Later police tests also reveal the complainant had consumed cannabis, cocaine and ketamine and she confirmed to police she was “ten out of ten” drunk.

She split with her friends when they tried to sober up in McDonald’s and was caught on CCTV walking from Heaven to the small closed park at around 2.40am with a mystery male, still being hunted by police.

The student gave a video-recorded statement to police after she and a good Samaritan waved down officers, which was played to the jury.

“The snapshot I have in my head is lying on the grass in a park with a man over me and feeling pain around the hips,” the teenager explained, confirming she had little memory of how she got there.

“I remember lying on the grass and my underwear and tights were around my ankles and my legs were pushed up.

“The first man, I don’t remember his face. I could feel him having sex with me and a pain in my hips.

“It felt surreal and I was ten out of ten for drunk.

“I remember his body moving over me and sexual moaning and him holding me down on my arm and I have a bruise where he held me.

“My knees were up to my chest and I was just wanting for it to be over and was blacking in and out, distracting myself.

“Another man came over with a beard  and said: ‘Can I have a go?’ and the first man says: ‘That’s a bit weird,’ and then said: ‘Once I leave you can do what you want with her.’

Still Wanted: Second Suspect

“The second man looked at me and saw I wouldn’t do anything or stop it.

“He was over me and then he was gone. I woke up on the grass and realised everything that had happened.

“I was on the grass and clicking in my head all the snapshots leading up and then ran to the gate and was banging on the gate and I told a man I needed help and to call the police.

“I don’t remember how I got to the park, I did not know where I was or where my friends were and I was scared and confused.”

Roden does not deny having unprotected sex with the young woman - confirmed via DNA - and immediately gave his version of events when police found him sleeping nearby the next day.

“He did not look well put together, his clothes were scruffy,” the complainant told the police.

“When he said: ‘Can I have a go?’ I was thinking: ’No, no, no,’ but I don’t know if I said it. I felt like I was paralysed.”

Prosecutor Ben Temple told the jury Roden was questioned by police. “He suggested in interview the complainant was an enthusiastic partner who instigated sexual activity and said: ‘She had the time of her life.’

“He said she was a slut and that she told him she had sex with strangers every weekend  and was a: ’Twisted little slag.’

“He can dish it out in interview, but is not prepared to put his money where his mouth is,” added the prosecutor, referring to Roden’s decision not to give evidence to the jury.

He also told police: “She is trying to stitch me up,” insisting she physically pulled him  towards her by his crotch, gave him oral sex and demanded: “Come and f*** me.”

He was arrested the next day by PC Ryan McKinley, who told the jury: “He was a little bit too jovial about it. Like it was banter.

“He was not well kept. He had clearly been living out for some considerable time. He fist pumps the other male and says ‘get me involved’ while that male is raping the girl. There’s clearly no consent there.”

County Lines Drugs Teenager Locked-Up

A teenage County Lines drug dealer is starting forty months in custody after police stopped him boarding a train at Euston station.

Emmauel Arosomade, 19, had crack cocaine and heroin with a street value of £1100 stuffed into his tracksuit bottoms.

He was on his way to Northampton when arrested by the British Transport Police's County Lines Taskforce.

At Inner London Crown Court Arosomade, of Papermill Place, Walthamstow pleaded guilty to possession, with intent to supply Class A drugs and possession of an offensive weapon – namely a police baton.

The court heard how on Thursday, May 2 Arosomade was spotted by the specialist officers at the busy central London station boarding the train heading north.

Due to his behaviour when approached by plain clothed officers a decision was made to detain and search him.

Officers discovered Arosomade was carrying a metal police baton in his jacket pocket and a cluster of drugs wrapped in cling film in his tracksuit bottoms.

Investigating officer Daniel Burke said: “Attempting to transport hefty hauls of class A drugs in plain sight on the railway is not a good idea. 

“We have highly trained specialist officers working across the country as part of our County Lines Taskforce – we are watching you and you will be apprehended and face the consequences.”

Violent Pair Hunted For Leg & Nose Break Attack

A London Underground passenger's leg was broken after being pushed between the train and platform during a violent assault.

The victim was also repeatedly punched in the face – causing a broken nose – after initially being shoved down an escalator.

British Transport Police (BTP) are hunting an unknown male and female.

Investigating officers have released these images of their suspects.

They are appealing to members of the public to assist in identifying the mystery pair.

At approximately 7.00pm on Thursday, May 16, the victim was using the escalator at Canning Town station when a woman pushed him in the back, causing him to stumble.

When he reached the platform he was pushed from behind with force by a man, causing him to fall between the platform and train, resulting in him breaking his leg.

The man also punched the victim several times to the face breaking his nose.

Officers believe the people in the images may have information that could help with their investigation.

Anyone who recognises them is asked to contact BTP by texting 61016 or by calling 0800 40 50 40, quoting reference 569 of 16 May 2024.

Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

NOT GUILTY: 999 Operator Cleared

A Stevenage Metropolitan Police 999 emergency call centre supervisor has been cleared of illegally looking-up confidential police reports of a fatal stabbing, for which her brother was later arrested.

Charlotte Servais, 33, of Stephenson Mews told a Southwark Crown Court jury: “I wasn’t aware the access was unauthorised until all this situation.”

Her three-day trial came to a conclusion when the jurors  took less than two-and-a-half hours of deliberation to find her not guilty.

Servais pleaded not guilty to performing an unauthorised computer function between April 16 and 22, 2020 at the Metropolitan Police’s Central Communication Command in Peel Centre, Hendon, namely information relating to a stabbing.

She was visiting her mother’s home in Sunnymead Road, Roehampton on April 15, 2020 the same day self-employed painter and decorator Ralph Gibson, 42, was twice stabbed in the back in nearby Huntingfield Road and died on April 24.

She always admitted accessing the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) reports when she returned to work the next day even though the police investigation was not in her working area.

Servais, who has also been a Special Constable since January, 2011 and holds a Batchelor of Science in Criminology from the University of Roehampton, began working at the 999 call centre in October, 2013.

She told the trial she looked-up the relevant CAD reports twelve times over the next four days “out of curiosity.”

Her brother Callum Servais was later arrested by police, who searched the mother’s home on July 23, but he was released without charge.

Robinson Charles-Mario, 24, and Rudi Mitchell, 29 ended up being prosecuted at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court in relation to the killing.

Servais said the working culture at the 999 centre commonly saw staff accessing CAD reports when there was no real professional justification.

“It doesn’t make it right, but everybody does it,” she told the jury from the witness box. “Because of the culture there, everybody does it.”

She claimed to not know rules surrounding CAD reports were identical to making enquiries on the Police National Computer (PNC).

“I know not to go into the PNC to look at things you shouldn’t be looking at or looking at an ex-partner.

“That was not my understanding of CAD’s because of the culture of that environment.”

At the start of the trial prosecutor Paul Casey told the jury: “She was employed by the Metropolitan Police as a civilian member of police staff at the Met’s Central Communication Command (MCC).

“The MCC handles emergency and non-emergency calls from the public and other agencies and despatches police units across London.”

Servais only has responsibility for north, central and west London and not south London, where the stabbing occurred, the trial was told.

“People who do these jobs are placed in a considerable position of trust,” added Mr Casey. “She had a high degree of responsibility in fast moving potentially life-threatening incidents.”

An air ambulance rushed to Mr Gibson’s aid along with a specialist trauma team and he was helicoptered to King’s College Hospital and placed into an induced coma.

The Met’s Major Investigation Team launched an inquiry.

“Several arrests were made and one of these was Callum Servais, the brother of the defendant.”

Servais logged-in and read four CAD reports relating to the investigation.

“There needs to be some reason in a professional role that justified access to the CAD system,” explained Mr Casey. “Access to the CAD system is a privilege.

“Simply browsing and looking out of nosiness or curiosity is prohibited.

“She looked at them over a number of days. There was no policing purpose to justify her looking at these reports.”

In October, 2020 Servais was told she was under investigation and was questioned in May, 2021.

“She freely admitted viewing the CAD records and accepted she was wrong to do so, but will be saying in this trial: ‘At the time I did not know that.’

“She told officers she was not aware of the exact details and looked at the CAD reports the next day out of curiosity.

“She said she was not aware of anything involving her brother until July 23, when the police searched her brother’s bedroom.

“She was apologetic and said her actions were careless.

“The prosecution do not accept it was simply coincidence Servais accessed these four CAD reports of a fatal stabbing that had a connection with her brother.

“We do not say she provided any evidence of that stabbing to any other person.”

Met 999 Operator Snooped On Murder Probe

A Met police 999 emergency call centre supervisor illegally looked-up confidential police reports of a fatal stabbing in which her brother was later arrested, a court heard yesterday.

Charlotte Servais, 33, of Stephenson Mews, Stevenage, Hertfordshire was visiting her mother, who lives just half a mile from the attack, when it occurred.

She admits accessing the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) reports when she returned to work the next day even though the police investigation was not in her working area.

Servais has pleaded not guilty to performing an unauthorised computer function between April 16 and 22, 2020 at the Metropolitan Police’s Central Communication Command in Peel Centre, Hendon, namely information relating to a stabbing.

Southwark Crown Court heard she started working at the 999 centre in October, 2013, but on April 15, 2020 was visiting her mother’s home in Sunnymead Road, Roehampton.

The same day self-employed painter and decorator Ralph Gibson, 42, was twice stabbed in the back in nearby Huntingfield Road and died on April 24.

Servais, who has also been a Special Constable since January, 2011 and holds a Batchelor of Science in Criminology from the University of Roehampton, looked-up the relevant CAD reports twelve times over the next four days.

Her brother Callum Servais was later arrested by police, who searched the mother’s home on July 23, but he was released without charge.

Robinson Charles-Mario, 24, and Rudi Mitchell, 29 ended up being prosecuted at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court in relation to the killing.

Prosecutor Paul Casey told the jury: “She was employed by the Metropolitan Police as a civilian member of police staff at the Met’s Central Communication Command (MCC).

“The MCC handles emergency and non-emergency calls from the public and other agencies and despatches police units across London.”

Servais only has responsibility for north, central and west London and not south London, where the stabbing occurred, the trial was told.

“People who do these jobs are placed in a considerable position of trust,” added Mr Casey. “She had a high degree of responsibility in fast moving potentially life-threatening incidents.”

An air ambulance rushed to Mr Gibson’s aid along with a specialist trauma team and he was helicoptered to King’s College Hospital and placed into an induced coma.

The Met’s Major Investigation Team launched an inquiry.

“Several arrests were made and one of these was Callum Servais, the brother of the defendant.”

Servais logged-in and read four CAD reports relating to the investigation.

“There needs to be some reason in a professional role that justified access to the CAD system,” explained Mr Casey. “Access to the CAD system is a privilege.

“Simply browsing and looking out of nosiness or curiosity is prohibited.

“She looked at them over a number of days. There was no policing purpose to justify her looking at these reports.”

In October, 2020 Servais was told she was under investigation and was questioned in May, 2021.

“She freely admitted viewing the CAD records and accepted she was wrong to do so, but will be saying in this trial: ‘At the time I did not know that.’

“She told officers she was not aware of the exact details and looked at the CAD reports the next day out of curiosity.

“She said she was not aware of anything involving her brother until July 23, when the police searched her brother’s bedroom.

“She was apologetic and said her actions were careless.

“The prosecution do not accept it was simply coincidence Servais accessed these four CAD reports of a fatal stabbing that had a connection with her brother.

“We do not say she provided any evidence of that stabbing to any other person.”

Trial continues…………..

Female Tube Passenger Hospitalised: Mystery Woman In Black Wanted

A disruptive female tube train passenger hospitalised a fellow traveller when she pulled down a six-foot poster that injured the victim's ankle.

The suspect was witnessed shouting on a Jubilee Line train before getting off at Waterloo Underground Station, where the victim was injured.

British Transport Police (BTP) have released this image of the woman they are hunting.

Investigating officers are appealing to members of the public to assist identifying her.

On Tuesday, February 13, at around 7.40pm, the mystery female headed towards the escalators at the station after causing the train carriage disturbance.

The suspect then pulled down the poster stand, causing it to fall onto the victim and land on their ankle. 

The victim needed an operation and spent several days in hospital as a result.

Officers believe the woman in the image may have information that could help with their investigation.

Anyone who recognises the woman in the image is asked to contact BTP by texting 61016 or by calling 0800 40 50 40, quoting reference 515 of 13 February 2024.

Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Handbag Attack!: Multiple Injuries At Southwark Station

A handbag-wielding assailant is being hunted after injuring multiple women at Southwark Underground Station.

British Transport Police (BTP) have released this image of their suspect.

Investigating officers are appealing to members of the public to assist identifying the individual.

Between 9.45am and 10.00am on Tuesday, April 2, a woman entered the station and caused facial injuries to multiple women by swinging her handbag around.

 

Officers believe the woman in the image may have information that could help their investigation.

 

Anyone with information is asked to contact BTP by texting 61016, or by calling 0800 40 50 40 quoting reference number 2400042028.

 

Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.