Officer ‘exploited vulnerable young woman for sexual gratification’, court told

A police officer stripped off his uniform and raped the alleged victim of an attempted burglary in her home, a court has heard.

Sergeant David Stansbury abused his position of trust as a serving police officer to “exploit a vulnerable young woman for his own sexual gratification”, the prosecution told Bristol Crown Court.

The prosecution said Stansbury had been called out to the scene and took the woman’s statement after a suspect had tried to smash her door in.

She had called 999 and Stansbury was among the officers who