Cop insists colleague consented during Sway Bar encounter

A detective inspector accused of groping a female officer’s breasts at a Christmas party has told a hearing he is ‘absolutely certain’ she consented. Jonathan Kent placed his hands on the officer’s bottom and chest after they danced together at the Sway Bar in Holborn, central London, on 12 December 2019. They had hugged and kissed after leaving the dancefloor together before the woman reminded Kent of his ‘fiancée and children’. Kent has accepted he breached standards of professional behaviour…