Ex-Met Police officer jailed for rapes as victims speak out

A former Met Police officer has been jailed for 16 years after being found guilty of a series of rapes that spanned over eight years.

Adam Provans’s behaviour dated back to the 1990s and was allowed to continue until one of his victims came forward, the court heard.

Between 2003 and 2005, he repeatedly raped a female officer and terrorised her, making her fear for her life, it was added in court.

Prosecutors said the former officer was obsessed with young women and that he had viewed teenage pornography.

Lauren Taylor waived her right to anonymity to speak out (Aaron Chown/PA Wire) (Image: Aaron Chown/PA Wire)

In 2005, another female officer complained that Provan had sent her “nuisance” messages and said that nothing was done about the issue.

He also allegedly contacted a 16-year-old girl after she gave details as a witness in 2003.

Two other women made allegations but a rape case was not continued with the sexual assault case ending in acquittal.

In 2016, Lauren Taylor came forward to say that Provan raped her during a blind date when she was 16 in 2010.

Taylor, who is now 29, agreed to go to the cinema with Provan after he lied about his age, claiming he was 22.

Provan, then 31, took her to the woods where he proceeded to have sex with her even after being told no.

Victims speak out after former Met Police officer jailed for rape

Victims of Adam Provan have spoken out after he was jailed for rape (Metropolitan Police/PA Wire) (Image: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire)

Speaking of her ordeal in an interview with the PA news agency after waiving her right to anonymity, she said: “Basically he raped me. I remember holding on to the tree. I was kind of hugging the tree like emotional support, pretended I was anywhere else in the world but back there. I remember it can’t have been long, but it felt like a long time.”

After the ordeal, Provan acted as if nothing had happened and took Taylor to a Mcdonald’s before forcing her to engage in a sex act in a children’s playground.

Ms Taylor said: “I remember in the far distance there was a crowd of people. I was just praying that maybe someone would see me, someone would see what was going on.”

In a victim impact statement, Ms Taylor said: “No amount of justice will make me forget the date from hell.

“Even though I tried my best to block it out I will never forget how scared I was when the assault took place and 13 years later reliving my worst nightmare.”

She said of being “triggered” by discussion around the murder of Sarah Everard by a Met Police officer, saying she already knew about “bad cops”.

The second victim, who has not waived her life-long right to anonymity, said that Provan saw himself as “untouchable”.

She added that she was fearful that he would kill her and said the Met had failed to protect her.

Of the outcome, Taylor added: “I don’t feel like I’ve done anything amazing. I just feel like I’ve done what I needed to do for me.”