Met officer jailed for rape of colleague and teenage girl

A former Metropolitan Police officer, branded a "Jekyll and Hyde" character after raping a teenage girl and another serving police officer, has been jailed for 16 years.

- HOLLY EVANS

Adam Provan, 44, had humiliated and repeatedly raped a fellow officer between 2003 and 2005, before going on to rape a GCSE student twice in 2010. He had used a fake name to meet his teenage victim, Lauren Taylor, for a blind date, and had pretended to be 22 years old.

All of the offences were carried out while he was a serving officer in the Met's East Area Command Unit. His first victim claimed that police bosses had failed to deal with Provan after becoming aware of his behaviour, and had failed to protect her.

He had initially been convicted of raping his 16-year-old victim following a retrial in 2018 and was jailed for nine years and sacked from the police force. After serving just three years and three months of his sentence, he successfully appealed his conviction and the case was sent for a third trial.

At his new trial in May, six new counts of rape were added, after his first victim came forward to report his offending. He was subsequently found guilty of eight counts of rape and has been jailed for 16 years with a further eight years on extended licence.

Two other women had made allegations but a rape case was not proceeded with and a sexual assault case ended in acquittal.