Cop claims assault victim was ‘messing around’

A police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel during a welfare check claimed she had been ‘messing around’ with him, a court heard. PC Rudvelle Walters, 48, allegedly slapped the Polish complainant’s bottom and slipped his hand inside her underwear in the early hours of 5 February 2019. PC Walters allegedly sent her a Facebook friend request after asking for her name and telephone number. The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said in…