Bedfordshire PC charged with rape and sex assaults

PC Lewis McCracken is charged with three counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault

A Bedfordshire police officer has appeared in court charged with three counts of rape.

PC Lewis McCracken, 25, also faces two charges of sexual assault in relation to the same incident last November.

The offences are alleged to have taken place while he was off-duty. The claims have been investigated by a separate police force.

PC McCracken, who is suspended from duty, appeared at Peterborough Magistrates' Court on Friday.

He entered no pleas and was granted conditional bail.

PC McCracken will next appear at Cambridge Crown Court on August 25.