A former Devon & Cornwall Police officer is due to appear before Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 19 April, 2023, charged with rape

PLYMOUTH — Live News Police Sergeant David Stansbury, aged 42, from Ilminster, Somerset, is charged...

Liam Cooper

Published: 7:04 am April 18, 2023

Updated: 10:22 am October 8, 2025

PLYMOUTH — Live News

Police Sergeant David Stansbury, aged 42, from Ilminster, Somerset, is charged with three counts of rape of a woman aged 16 years or over.

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The charges relate to alleged incidents in Plymouth in 2009, whilst he was on duty, and have been under investigation since being reported to Devon & Cornwall Police in September 2020.

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