A Metropolitan Police inspector has been charged with multiple rapes and controlling behaviour over a 12-year period.
John Doyle, 53, is due to appear in court tomorrow after being charged with 17 offences.
These include five counts of rape, one count of assault by penetration, and two counts of coercive and controlling behaviour.
He is also accused of two counts of actual bodily harm, four counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, two counts of misconduct in public office, and one count of possession of extreme pornography.
The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2012 and 2024 and relate to one victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
According to the charges, Doyle is accused of controlling the alleged victim by telling her what to eat, forcing her into cleaning ‘rituals’, and instructing her to ‘source class A drugs’ for his own sexual pleasure.
The former inspector faces claims he posted intimate images on a public forum, as well as causing the woman to withdraw socially after a barrage of criticisms about her appearance and hygiene.
As part of the one of the controlling and coercive charges, Doyle is accused of ‘serious acts of violence’ during the course of BDSM sex, including allegedly kicking the woman and wrapping her face with clingfilm to restrict her breathing.
John Doyle was working as a firearms officer with the Met until he was sacked in December 2024 following allegations against him
It is said he had sex on police premises and gained improper access to a gun, according to the charges.
Doyle, who was previously attached to the Met’s Specialist Firearms Command and is from Liverpool, was arrested on June 24 2024 and immediately suspended from duty, Scotland Yard said today.
He was dismissed from the Met in December that year following a misconduct hearing held in private due to the ongoing criminal proceedings, the Met said.
Catherine P Baccas, deputy chief Crown prosecutor with the CPS said: ‘The Crown Prosecution Service has decided to charge John Doyle with controlling or coercive behaviour, several counts of rape, assault by penetration and misconduct in public office.
‘This follows allegations made by a woman relating to a period of alleged abuse spanning 12 years.’
He is due to appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court tomorrow.