A sex crimes detective has been found guilty of abusing his position by twice sexually touching a teenage girl without her consent, but has been acquitted of raping her.
Glen Coleman stood trial accused of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman from March to May 2022 and abusing his position as an officer at the Windsor police station.
He met the teenager at the station in February 2022 after she went to file a complaint that her cousin had threatened to share naked images of her online.
During the trial at Penrith District Court, jurors heard the 57-year-old man allegedly begged the woman for sex after discovering she had gone for an interview at a Sydney strip club.
Jurors heard he had sent the teenager a text message, asking her to send him intimate nude images and soliciting sex in exchange for money.
Glen Coleman stood trial accused of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman he met through his work as a sex crimes detective.
During the trial at Penrith District Court, jurors heard the 57-year-old man allegedly begged the woman to have sex.
On Friday, after about five hours of deliberations, the jury returned its verdict finding that Coleman had sexually touched the woman without her consent once in a western Sydney park and again in an interrogation room at the police station. of Windsor.
The officer has also been found guilty of abusing his public office to obtain the woman for his own sexual gratification.
However, the jury acquitted Coleman of three counts of rape and four more counts of sexual touching without consent.
Coleman always maintained that the sex in the interview room was consensual and denied touching the woman without her consent or free will.
His bail was revoked following the verdict and he will remain in custody until a sentencing hearing on September 27.
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