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GMP officer found NOT GUILTY of sexually assaulting colleague

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A trainee Greater Manchester Police officer wept as he left court after being cleared of sexually assaulting a female colleague.

PC Ryan Pointon was alleged to have put his hand high up on the inside of the woman’s thigh and squeezed, while giving her a lift home in early 2021.

After just under three hours of deliberations, a jury of eight women and four men at Liverpool Crown Court found the 29-year-old not guilty.

Mr Pointon, of The Meadows, Prestwich, had also been accused of asking the woman prying questions about her sex life. He admitted giving her a lift home but denied any inappropriate behaviour. READ MORE : Arrests after Old Trafford violence as Real Betis mob 'throw coins, pint pots and sausages' at Manchester United supporters Mr Pointon told the court that on an earlier occasion in a police station he showed her how to attach her baton correctly and poked her leg to show where it would reach.

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