London police officer He was accused of forcing his girlfriend to block an accelerated investigation to protect his career by telling her “If you love me, you would do it.”
Allegedly, 36-year-old Richard Hammond was arrested while speeding Tower Bridge In the car of Vicky Courtis, his partner at the time, he drove home from shifts as a professional gun officer.
Ms. Courtis told investigators at the time that she could not determine who was driving, but now claims that it was part of Hammond’s conspiracy to instigate distortion of the judicial process.
The drama teacher testified at the Royal Court of London’s inner city that she and Hammond met through the dating app Tinder in 2017 and rekindled their relationship after a short break after the speeding incident.
“He asked me to say I didn’t know who was driving,” she said. “He said that if we said we didn’t know who was driving, they would give up the prosecution. He said he could not accept the score-as a policeman, you need to have a clean driving record. We just got back together. He was saying “If you love me, you will do it.” Later, it developed into, “You get points-if you don’t take my job, it’s all your fault.” I tried to prove to him that I really love He will do that.”
Just after 6 o’clock in the morning on August 26, 2018, Ms. Courtes’ Fiat was driving at a speed of 30 mph in an area of 20 mph.
She said that she accepted Hammond’s suggestion, pretending that they didn’t know who was driving, and succeeded in getting the prosecutor to “leave” amidst the confusion about who was driving. But she then reported Hammond to the police on Valentine’s Day in 2019, a few weeks after their relationship ended.
Prosecutor Obi Mgbokwere told juror Hammond that he was responsible for “putting the police on a false road.”
Hammond of West Kensington denies tendencies and intentions to distort the judicial process. He was arrested while attending a professional driving course and told investigators that Ms. Kotis sometimes offered to drive him to work.
“He said they didn’t know who was driving the car that day,” Mr. Mgbokwere said. The trial is still going on.
