Serving Met PC jailed for sexually assaulting female colleague while on duty

Jailed: PC Rytis Gilys was sentenced to six months in prison
Metropolitan Police
Laura Proto19 April 2016
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A serving Metropolitan Police officer who sexually assaulted a colleague while on duty has been jailed.

PC Rytis Gilys, 33, was sentenced to six months in prison at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday after being found guilty of sexual assault against a female colleague in 2013.

Gilys, who worked in Newham borough, called a junior colleague to invite her to attend a vehicle seizure with him and while parked in a quiet street, he began speaking inappropriately about sex.

Gilys touched his colleague’s leg twice, with the victim pushing his hands away on both occasions, before he moved his hand towards her belt.

The victim complained to her supervisor and Gilys was suspended while the Directorate of Professional Standards investigated.

He later stood trial for five counts of sexual assault against three female colleagues after pleading not guilty to all charges.

He was cleared of four counts but found guilty of one charge and jailed for six months.

Judge Gledhill GC said as a serving police officer, behaving in such a way could “only be dealt with by an immediate custodial sentence”.

Chief Superintendent Matt Gardner, from the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards, said: "PC Gilys abused the trust placed in him as a police officer and used his seniority in service to abuse a junior colleague.

“No one should have to suffer such behaviour in any circumstances but for a police officer to behave in this way is even more disgraceful."

A misconduct review is now scheduled to take place.

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