A former NSW Police detective allegedly raped a young woman whose complaint he was investigating, sexually touched her without her consent and sent her unsolicited intimate photos.
Glen Coleman, 57, was a detective with the police force’s child abuse and sex crime squad when he allegedly committed the offences against the 19-year-old in early 2022, Penrith District Court has heard.
Former NSW Police detective Glen Coleman allegedly raped a woman whose complaint to the sex crimes squad he was tasked with investigating.Credit: Nine News
Summarising the prosecution’s case in her opening remarks to the jury panel, Crown prosecutor Kate Nightingale said Coleman met his accuser when he was assigned to investigate her complaint.
Coleman is alleged to have sexually touched the woman without consent inside police vehicles on two occasions between April 1 and May 6, 2022, and sexually assaulted her at Windsor police station on May 5 of the same year.
He is also accused of sending intimate photos of himself to the woman, seeking intimate photos of her, and offering her money to engage in sexual conduct with him.
Coleman’s trial began on Monday after he pleaded not guilty to three counts of sexual intercourse without consent, six counts of sexually touching another person without consent and one count of misconduct by a holder of public office.
He sat in the defendant’s box in a white-striped black suit, navy collared shirt and spotted navy tie.
The trial before Judge Robert Montgomery with a jury of nine men and three women is expected to last for two to three weeks.
More to come.