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A Metropolitan Police officer who groped a colleague's breasts while she slept has been jailed. asserted

she → grope → breasts

Sijanta Thapa, 32, was found guilty of sexually assaulting the woman in 2020 when he crept into her bedroom and crawled into her bed after a drinks party. asserted

he → find → party

He quit the force in disgrace last year ahead of a misconduct hearing that found he had groped another woman's breasts outside London's Heaven nightclub in January 2024. asserted

he → quit → January

The officer, formerly of the Met’s Central West command unit, was facing criminal prosecution after being caught on camera pulling the woman onto his lap, but the case was abandoned at trial. asserted

case → face → trial

He handed in his badge in July before he could be fired. uncertain

he → hand → July

Thapa sexually assaulted his first victim, also a police officer, after a gathering at a mutual friend's house on October 3, 2020. asserted

Thapa → assault → October

Another colleague had given them a lift home, and the woman agreed to let Thapa stay at her house to save him a long taxi ride in the early hours. asserted

Thapa → give → hours

She left him in the living room with the TV remote, expecting him to let himself out after a few hours and catch a train, and went to sleep in her room. Metropolitan Police officer Sijanta Thapa was jailed for groping a colleague's breasts while she slept But a short while later, she awoke to find Thapa 'spooning' her from behind, with his right arm around her. asserted

Thapa → leave → her

Giving him the benefit of the doubt, the officer thought Thapa was perhaps merely being friendly after an enjoyable evening, and went back to sleep. asserted

Thapa → give → sleep

But she next awoke to find him fondling her bare breast and squeezing her nipple, having unbuttoned her dress and pushed aside her bra. asserted

him → awake → bra

The officer pushed him away and ordered him out of the room - and Thapa later left the flat. asserted

Thapa → push → flat

In a statement to court, the victim said the attack had shattered her 'sense of safety', and claimed she was 'punished' at work after reporting the assault in 2023. asserted

she → say → 2023

She said: 'I had to go to counselling and trauma therapies on and off to deal with the traumatic nightmares and complete lack of any sense of safety and security, particularly at home.' Sentencing Thapa to 21 months behind bars at Woolwich Crown Court last week, judge Alice Robinson said: 'You show absolutely no remorse and continue to deny the offence. asserted

You → say → offence

The judge also referenced a panel's finding that Thapa grabbed a woman's breasts in 2024. asserted

Thapa → reference → 2024

She had danced with Thapa and briefly kissed him, the misconduct hearing was told, before he led her to a bench, pulled her onto his lap, and placed his hands on her breasts. asserted

he → dance → breasts

CCTV captured the moment she was groped, before pulling away from Thapa and rushing to find her friends. 'This has left me feeling terrible', she later told police. asserted

she → capture → police

'An unknown male grabbed my boobs when I didn't want him to'. asserted

him → grab → boobs

She was crying, obviously distressed, and repeatedly said 'please help me', one of her friends revealed. asserted

one → cry → friends

Heaven security got involved and detained Thapa, who was insisting that the incident had been consensual. asserted

incident → involve → Thapa

In his police interview, Thapa suggested he had 'implied consent' to touch the woman, and claimed she had been 'grinding' against his lap. uncertain

she → suggest → lap

But the misconduct panel concluded he had been lying. asserted

he → conclude → ?

The Metropolitan Police declined to comment. asserted

Police → decline → ?

Met Police officer, 32, who crept into colleague's room while she slept, started undressing her and sexually assaulted her is jailed

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