A former police inspector has admitted misconduct in a public workplace regarding strip searches at six police stations.
Gerard Hutchings admitted 17 prices which had been dated between October 1999 and April 2007.
It’s alleged that he improperly precipitated 18 complainants, who had been aged between 17 and 31 on the time, to take their garments off and transfer their genitals ‘when purporting to conduct a strip search’.
The offences are stated to have occurred at police stations in Aldershot, Yateley, Farnborough, Lyndhurst, Brockenhurst and Ringwood in Hampshire, whereas he was an inspector with Hampshire Police.
Hutchings has additionally denied 12 different prices: one in every of misconduct in a public workplace, 5 of indecent assault, 4 of inflicting a male to have interaction in non-penetrative sexual exercise and two of trying to trigger a male to have interaction in sexual exercise.
He’ll go to trial over the 12 denied prices and the three-week trial is because of begin on January 20 of subsequent yr.
Hutchings appeared through video hyperlink and spoke to verify his title, deal with and date of beginning and enter his pleas to the costs towards him.
Hampshire Police confirmed Hutchings left the power in 2007, with an investigation launched in 2021 following studies about his alleged offending.
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