Police in Scotland say PC Alan Greer, a serving officer who died by suicide in May, is accused of sexual offences against women over a period of about 14 years. According to reporting from multiple outlets, Greer’s alleged offending came to wider attention only after contacts with investigators following officers’ visit to his home and later reports from victims. The Guardian reports that one of Greer’s first known victims identified a rape carried out in Glasgow in 2012, when she says he attacked her at home after she had called the police to report being a victim of a crime. The same reporting states that at least nine women were attacked, and that the accused offences span years up to the more recent complaints raised by victims in late 2023. Other coverage notes that Police Scotland does not reveal the allegations publicly until about two months after Greer’s death. The accounts agree that Greer took his own life in May and that investigators later set out allegations of repeated attacks on women, though the cases cited vary in the level of detail provided publicly.
Scottish police officer Alan Greer accused of raping women over 14 years
Police in Scotland say PC Alan Greer, a serving officer who died by suicide in May, is accused of sexual offences against women over a period of about 14 years. According to reporting from multiple ou...
- PC Alan Greer takes his own life in May, according to multiple outlets.
- Police Scotland publicises details of the allegations about two months after his death.
- Reporting links Greer to sexual offences against women over an estimated 14-year period.
- The Guardian reports Greer attacked at least nine women.
- One described incident occurred in Glasgow in 2012, after a victim called police to report she had been targeted earlier.
Alan Greer, who killed himself after officers visited his home, could be ‘Police Scotland’s Wayne Couzens moment’A police officer who took his own life in May was a rapist who attacked at least nine women over 14 years.PC Alan Greer’s offending came to light when his first known victim, a woman he raped in her home in Glasgow in 2012 after she had called the police to report being the victim of a crime, reported the attack late last year. Continue reading...
1 hour agoPC Alan Greer took his own life in May, but his 'truly shocking' crimes were not revealed by Police Scotland until two months after his death.
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