Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
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24%
5 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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A rapist police officer who retired after his arrest may keep his full pension including a £150,000 lump sum despite committing a string of sex crimes, the Mail can reveal.
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Mail → retire → crimes
Campbell Petrie, 50, carried out sex crimes including rape over a period of 16 years, and was promoted to sergeant despite an earlier investigation into an alleged attack on a woman.
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Petrie → carry → woman
Top brass and officials at the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), the civilian oversight body for policing, are seeking to seize his pension – but regulations may prevent its confiscation.
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regulations → seek → confiscation
Petrie is likely to hold onto his lump sum pension payment – estimated at £150,000 – which would have been at risk had he still been on the police payroll, while the SPA may be limited in how much of his pension it can remove, unless it can be proved that his crimes were committed while he was on duty.
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he → hold → duty
Police Scotland bosses admitted they knew about an incident in 2009 when Petrie was said to have threatened a woman.
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Petrie → admit → woman
Scottish Tory justice spokesman Stephen Kerr said: ‘A man convicted of rape and serious sexual offences should not be able to walk away with a taxpayer-funded police pension as if nothing happened.
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nothing → say → pension
Every possible avenue to strip him of that pension must be pursued.’
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avenue → strip → pension
Campbell Petrie was convicted of nine charges involving physical and sexual abuse of two women over a 16-year period
Petrie carried out sex crimes and was convicted of nine charges involving physical and sexual abuse of two women between 2006 and 2022.
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Petrie → convict → 2006
It has now emerged Petrie, who had worked undercover, kept his job after being arrested in 2009 and retired last year following his second arrest for the offences which led to his conviction on Wednesday.
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which → emerge → Wednesday
Petrie stands to lose the employer’s contribution to his pension – about 65 per cent.
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Petrie → stand → pension
One former policing source said: ‘Unless it’s provable that his offending was as a result of his police role, it’s very unlikely it will be lost.’
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it → say → role
Another insider said: ‘This is a very difficult area and open to legal challenge.
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This → say → challenge
People might think it would be a straightforward matter but there are strict rules on pensions.’
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it → think → pensions
Former Police Scotland superintendent Martin Gallagher said: ‘It is only right that those who have committed grave crimes while serving in Scotland’s police do not benefit from taxpayers’ hard-earned money.
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who → say → money
Petrie, who was remanded in custody, may be allowed to hold on to his police pension
‘This is the employer’s contribution – contributions made when he was raping women.
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he → remand → women
‘The remainder of the pension is the money he contributed and although it seems wrong he receives anything back from the state, we have to remember this was his own money.
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this → contribute → state
‘I assume Petrie has received his largely tax-free lump sum as he retired before conviction.
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he → assume → conviction
'It will be for the police to decide if they are going to seek its return as had he been convicted while serving he would not have been entitled to that money.’
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he → decide → money
Petrie was convicted of nine charges, including two rapes of separate women.
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Petrie → convict → women
He was remanded in custody.
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He → remand → custody
An SPA spokesman said: ‘The Authority is committed to progressing pension forfeiture in all cases in which the criteria set out in the relevant regulations are met.’
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criteria → say → regulations
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