REPORTS VARYTrans Met Police officer Gwyn Samuels sentenced to male prison
A former Metropolitan police volunteer, James Bubb (now identifying professionally as Gwyn Samuels), has been sentenced to 24 years in jail after being found guilty of grooming and sexually assaulting a twelve-year-old girl online before raping her. The court heard that while working at the Met's prestigious boarding school unit for children under sixteen, he also raped another woman who was then seventeen; however, his sentence will be served exclusively within male prisons despite Samuels identifying as female today (Mar 20).
Key Points
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1Former Met police officer James Bubb, now identifying as Gwyn Samuels (a transgender woman), was sentenced to jail time in March.
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2Bubbles crimes involved systematically grooming and sexually assaulting a girl when she was just twelve years old online before raping her offline. He also raped an adult female victim after meeting them while working at the police force or school, depending on which account is followed (some sources say he worked as volunteer special constable).
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3There are conflicting reports regarding his total sentence length: some outlets report 32 years for multiple offences including child sex crimes in London and Buckinghamshire.
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4Other media reported a single charge of raping the girl resulted from grooming her online, with additional charges added later. Some sources state he was jailed specifically after being found guilty on one count (the rape), while others mention convictions against him.
Developments
Former Met Police special constable James "Gwyn" Bubb was sentenced today in Aylesbury Crown Court for a 32-year term following convictions on counts including rape and assault of children under thirteen. The court heard that between August 18, the defendant groomed two victims online while posing as an adult to commit sexual offenses before being suspended by Thames Valley Police after his arrest earlier this year in April
James Bubb, a 28-year-old former volunteer Metropolitan Police officer who now identifies as Gwyn Samuels, has been sentenced to life imprisonment with an extended licence for grooming and sexually assaulting two victims online. The court found that the defendant systematically groomed his targets before raping one victim when she was just twelve years old while posing in public at a festival after meeting her on Omegle.
James Bubb, formerly known as Gwyn Samuels and an ex-Metropolitan Police special constable from Chesham who was suspended after arrest on April 30, has been sentenced to serve 24 years in prison plus eight additional years. The court found him guilty of grooming two victims online before sexually assaulting a child under the age of thirteen when she turned twelve and raping another young woman he met while posing as her peer; all offenses occurred between January 1, 2018, and April 3746