Police officers targeted vulnerable women for sexual purposes, MLAs told

Evening Briefing: Hit-and-run victim says Co Down group has been a ‘lifeline’, PSNI officers targeted vulnerable women and girls for sexual purposes, MLAs told and Belfast man who trashed hotel room and rammed police car jailed

Wednesday, 11 November 2026: Your evening catch-up on the Northern Ireland news making the headlines

Police officers targeted vulnerable women for sexual purposes, MLAs told

However Police Ombudsman Jacqui Durkin said she is encouraged by ‘strong messages’ from the PSNI on the subject.

Assembly Committee hears ‘truly horrifying’ evidence of alleged predatory behaviour by PSNI officers

Police Ombudsman office in Belfast Wednesday 11 November 2026 Allegations of police officers exploiting vulnerable women for sexual purposes now account for around one third of the Police Ombudsman’s most serious investigations in Northern Ireland, an Assembly committee has been told. The disturbing scale of the problem emerged as MLAs examined findings of an investigation into officers allegedly abusing their positions of authority to pursue se…