DC Sam Garside of Dyfed-Powys Police will appear at Swansea Magistrate’s Court today accused of sexual assault by penetration.
There is fear in communities across the UK and an inherent distrust of police forces following the high-profile recent cases of Couzens and Garrick. Only yesterday, Sir Mark Rowley, the UK’s most senior police officer, said that violence against women and girls should be treated nationally the same as terrorism.
If you are covering the DC Garside news case or linking it to international women’s day and the fight for an end to violence against women and girls, I wonder if you would be interested in speaking to Nathan Adams, a criminal lawyer in Reeds Solicitors’ Cardiff office? He regularly represents clients facing allegations of sexual offences? He has also represented police officers which have included allegations of sexual offences covering South Wales Police and the Gwent Police forces.
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Please see a comment re: today’s case in Swansea Magistrate’s Court in case you do cover the story –
Nathan Adams, criminal lawyer at Reeds Solicitors in Cardiff, comments:
“Another day, another police officer in the dock and this time in Wales. The public could be forgiven for drawing on the conclusion that forces across the UK are more corrupt than ever.
However, I disagree. Police forces in Wales, or across the UK more generally, are not more inherently dangerous than in times hone by. We are actually witnessing Professional Standards Departments within the various forces, come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, particularly after the recent well-publicised shortcomings and failures in the Sarah Everard case.
Dyfed Powys Police Force will no doubt want to re-assure the public that they hold their officers to a higher standard of responsibility and ethics due to their position in Welsh society and by drawing attention to their efforts to remove any ‘bad apples’ risk alarming instead. There is a balance to be struck between this higher burden and the need to avoid a trial by media. All the facts and evidence must come to light, guaranteeing the absolute right to a fair trial by jury.”
