PC pressured woman into sex acts, panel finds

A former police officer committed gross misconduct by pressuring a woman into sexual acts, a disciplinary panel has found.

Aiden Bloomfield, who was a police constable with Hampshire Constabulary, pulled the woman's hair and held her neck without her consent, the hearing was told.

He also "placed pressure" on the complainant, referred to as Miss A, to continue carrying out sexual acts.

But they found that some of the sexual encounter was consensual, including sexual intercourse.

Mr Bloomfield, who denied acting without Miss A's consent, would have been dismissed if he had not resigned from the force at the start of the year, the panel said.

In a video interview shown at the force's Eastleigh headquarters, Miss A said she arranged to meet up with him at his home in Leigh Park, Havant, in December 2022, but had told him she had not wanted to have sex.

She said she met him through Tinder and they both had an interest in bondage and sadomasochism (BDSM).

But she said she had not consented to BDSM acts and no safe word was agreed beforehand.

Miss A said she went there "wanting to chill with a friend after work" and made up several excuses to avoid sex after going round.

She said when she asked him to stop groping her he told her "stop being a brat", and went on to pull her hair and choke her, which he insisted she was "enjoying".

When he asked her to have sex she replied: "Oh go on then", saying in the interview she had "given up" as he was "going to anyway", describing him as "persistent".

Afterwards he asked her to leave because he had friends visiting, which Miss A said made her feel "really used".

Assistant Chief Constable Rob France said it had been an "extremely traumatic time" for Miss A.

He added: "Despite these being the actions of an off-duty officer she was able to put her trust in us, and that has allowed us to ensure that this officer isn't able to abuse his position as a police officer any more."

A police spokeswoman said the Crown Prosecution Service made the decision to take no further action against Mr Bloomfield, who did not attend the proceedings.

Mr Bloomfield's name will be placed on the College of Policing's list of barred officers for a minimum of five years.

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