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Former Hampshire police officer guilty of nearly a dozen strip search sexual offences

Gerard Hutchings sexually assaulted 18 young men during illegal strip searches at Hampshire police stations between 1999 and 2007, the jury ruled unanimously.

Summary by Bournemouth Echo
A former Hampshire police officer has been found guilty of non-recent sexual offences relating to strip searches,

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Former police inspector guilty of sex attacks on young men in custody

Gerard Hutchings, 66, subjected 18 victims to unjustified and illegal strip searches while working for Hampshire Police.

·United Kingdom
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Bournemouth EchoBournemouth Echo
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Former Hampshire police officer guilty of nearly a dozen strip search sexual offences

A former Hampshire police officer has been found guilty of non-recent sexual offences relating to strip searches,

·Bournemouth, United Kingdom
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Police officer who carried out unnecessary strip searches faces jail

Hutchings had previously been jailed in 2008 after admitting 11 misconduct in a public office offences for similar offending

·London, United Kingdom
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Jury convicts ex-inspector who strip-searched young men for his own gratification

A jury has found an ex-Hampshire inspector guilty of sex offences for strip searches he performed on young men during his time in the police

·Southampton, United Kingdom
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Daily Echo broke the news in Southampton, United Kingdom on Monday, March 30, 2026.
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