His ex-girlfriend police officer After their relationship ended violently, he denied conspiring to “overthrow him” with false accusations.
When her Fiat 500 was speeding, they knew Hammond was driving Tower Bridge, She said, but she told investigators they were not sure who was driving.
But a few months later, once the relationship ended, she changed her story and told the police that Hammond orchestrated a lie in an attempt to make the speeding ticket “disappear”.
Provide evidence to Nell London crown courtMs. Courtis admitted that when their relationship ended, she was “upset”, but insisted that she told the police the truth about Hammond.
In a report on Valentine’s Day 2019, she claimed that Hammond-a professional gun officer-gave her a strategy to make speeding crime disappear, and told her: “If you love me, you will be like this Do.”
Defense attorney Ben Summers accused Ms. Kotis of “turning her anger at her ex-boyfriend” into a police report.
“Only after the relationship with Mr. Hammond ended did you decide to change this story from a truth about lack of certainty to a false story about being forced to lie,” he said.
“You are very angry after the relationship is over.”
The court learned that after the relationship with Hammond ended, Ms. Curtis had exchanged text messages with another woman. She once said that she “want to plan an epic fuck for Richard.”
“Part of that conversation was that you expressed your hatred of Mr. Hammond, and you wanted to knock him down,” Mr. Summers suggested.
“Whatever the reason, I suggest that your mentality is to make false accusations against Mr. Hammond.”
But Ms. Kotis replied: “Your suggestion is wrong”, denying that she “wants to see him homeless and unemployed”.
“What I said in the statement is the truth,” she added. “He asked me to lie so that he would not lose his job as a police officer. He is a driver.”
She told the jurors that she had another incident with the police in 2019 and raised a speeding ticket when asked about Hammond’s character.
“He told so many lies,” she told the court. “Regarding his true character, this is another thing that came to light in a short period of time.”
Hammond, who was arrested while attending a police driving course, said in an interview that Ms. Curtis often offered to take him to and from get off work, and he was “resolutely” that they did not know who was driving the Fiat at the time of the speeding ticket.
“I don’t even know what day it is, let alone who is driving,” he told the police.
Hammond from West Kensington denies obstruction of justice.
