Police officer who raped two women jailed for 12 years

A former police sergeant who was found guilty of a catalogue of sex crimes, including raping two women, has been jailed for 12 years.

Campbell Petrie had been convicted of eight charges involving physical and sexual abuse towards the women in Glasgow over a 17-year period between 2006 and 2023.

Petrie, who had denied the allegations, will be supervised and monitored in the community for a further three years after his release.

He is one of four serving or former Police Scotland officers who have been exposed as rapists in the space of five months.

It has also emerged that 45 serving officers are currently suspended over allegations of violence against women and girls.

Petrie was first arrested in 2009 after one of his victims accused him of threatening behaviour.

He was held in a police station for five hours, but no further action was taken at the time because of a lack of evidence.

In 2023, a second woman accused him of rape, prompting an investigation by specialist sexual crime officers.

Petrie was arrested, charged and suspended in December 2023. He retired from the force a year later.

In September this year he was found guilty at the High Court in Glasgow of eight charges involving sexual and physical assaults against the two women, including four counts of rape.

Judge Alistair Watson said he was imposing a sentence which reflected the seriousness and persistence of Petrie's crimes.

"I have read the eloquent and moving descriptions provided by both of the women and they describe the trauma at your hands, and the nature of the psychological harm that affects them today," he said.

The judge said the women had shown "remarkable courage" during the court proceedings.

"It was obvious that they suffer enduring pain for what you did to them," he told Petrie.