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Officer says he 'flirted with victim because she winked at him' (2024)

A police officer told a court he only flirted with a burglary victim because she winked at him from her doorstep but insisted they never had sex.

PC Matthew Peall, 47, is accused of misconduct in a public office after he allegedly tried to initiate a sexual relationship with the female carer of an elderly woman whose home was raided on October 8, 2019.

He proceeded to pursue a 'sexual or improper emotional relationship' with the female carer - referred to as 'LS' - between October 9 and December 17, 2019, after attending her house to take a statement, jurors have been told.