Ex-officer fired for predatory conduct, says panel

A former special constable would have been dismissed after he had "predatory" sexual contact with two intoxicated women, a police misconduct panel found.

Andrew Lynam, who resigned from the Northamptonshire Police in 2024, was found to have engaged in sexual activity with two females in circumstances "where he knew that they had been drinking".

It also found he "knew that neither had met him before and [he] took deliberate steps to be left alone with them".

Mr Lynam did not attend the hearing which determined he had committed gross misconduct.

The hearing, which took place on 4-5 June, heard the incidents happened in February 2022 when the officer was on a night out with colleagues at Bar Rumba in Northampton town centre.

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the panel's report said he met two women, and walked them to their hotel room in company with other officers.

It was alleged he had sexual intercourse with one and sexual contact with the other when he was left in their hotel room alone with them.

The panel found that Mr Lynam knew that both women were intoxicated due to their difficulty walking on the way back to the hotel and one being sick.

It added the former officer would have known that one of the women was vulnerable, as she informed him of her mental health condition and that she lived in supported accommodation.

The former officer maintained the sickness was faked and all of the sexual activity was consensual.

But the panel said Mr Lynam "acted in a predatory way that was discreditable and lacked integrity".

It added it "found the former officer's misconduct to be deplorable".

Northamptonshire Police conducted a criminal investigation into the matter, but the Crown Prosecution Service decided that no further action would be taken.

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