Volunteer Met officer guilty of child rape

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PA Media/Elizabeth CookJames Bubb, who now identifies as Gwyn Samuels, has been convicted of sex offencesA Metropolitan Police volunteer officer has been found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a child.James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, groomed one of his two victims online before sexually assaulting her when she was just 12 years old.The 27-year-old defendant was also found guilty of raping a woman he met online while posing as a 16-year-old girl.On Thursday, in relation to one complainant, Bubb was found guilty of one count of raping a child under 13, one count of sexual activity with a child, one count of assault of a child under 13 by penetration, and one count of assault by penetration.He was found not guilty of one count of rape and one count of sexual activity with a child in relation to that same complainant.Bubb was found guilty of one count of rape against a second complainant.The offences took place between 1 January 2018 and 2 April 2024, Amersham Crown Court heard.Jurors were told the defendant, who still identified as male at the time of the alleged offences, would be referred to by their biological sex throughout the trial.This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on X to get the latest alerts.