Met Police officer ‘thought he was above the law’ – court

The court heard all the alleged victims were in their 20s, and there was not much gap between the end of one relationship and the start of the next.

Mr Little said at the end of each relationship there would be a bombardment of messages from the defendant.

The jury heard how PC Cummings met one of his victims when she had spent time with the Met Police because she had an interest in becoming an officer.

She told police the defendant gradually isolated her from friends, drove her to university every time before picking her up immediately at the end of a lecture, isolating her from friends.

If she spoke to another man, PC Cummings would want to know why and whether she had slept with them, the court heard.

He also deliberately tripped her up, the prosecution said, casing her to fall and hit her head and he laughed.

The court heard how the victim felt she had lost control of her life and was not able to make her own decisions.

The trial continues.