Rapist Met Police officer hoarded details of more than 700 women, court told
Adam Provan was found guilty of raping a fellow police officer six times and twice raping a teenager whom he met on a blind date
A āJekyll and Hydeā former Metropolitan Police officer who raped a 16-year-old girl and a female colleague hoarded the details of more than 700 women on his phone, a court has heard.
In June Adam Provan, 44, of Newmarket, Suffolk, was found guilty of raping a fellow police officer six times between 2003 and 2005, and twice raping a teenager whom he met on a blind date after lying about his age in 2010.
All the offences were committed while he was a serving officer in the Metās East Area Command Unit.
Provan had initially been convicted of raping the 16-year-old victim after a retrial in 2018 and jailed for nine years. He was sacked from the Met the following year.
He served three years and three months in prison before he successfully appealed against his conviction and his case was sent for a third trial.
No prison sentence will take away the harm Adam Provan has caused me
At that trial in May, six new counts of rape were added, relating to earlier offences against the serving Metropolitan Police officer.
On Monday, Provanās wider history of predatory behaviour was laid bare at Wood Green Crown Court on the first day of his two-day sentencing.
Prosecutor Anthony Metzer KC said Provan had abused his position as an officer to gain young womenās trust and had āaspects of a Jekyll and Hyde characterā.
He said Provan had āan extended history of allegationsā of sexual misconduct dating back to the 1990s, including āstalkerish behaviourā and culminating in the rapes of the 16-year-old girl.
The defendant had 751 female contacts in his mobile phone, indicating a āfascination bordering on the obsessiveā with young women, Judge Noel Lucas KC said.
Mr Metzer said the details on Provanās phone āstrongly suggestedā there was sexual activity with the women, many of whom were young.
In 2005 another female police officer had reported receiving ānuisanceā messages from Provan, but the complaint was dealt with āinformallyā and not taken further.
Provan, who watched teenage pornography online, had also allegedly contacted another 16-year-old girl after she gave her details as a witness.
Julia Smart KC, defending, said all the allegations were disputed by Provan.
Speaking in court from behind a screen, the teenage victim, who is now in her 20s, said: āThe day I met Adam Provan changed my life forever.
āNo prison sentence will take away the harm Adam Provan has caused me. No amount of justice will make me forget the date from hell.
āEven though I tried my best to block it out I will never forget how scared I was when the assault took place, and 13 years later reliving my worst nightmare.ā
She said it was āsickeningā to be told Provan really was a police officer as he had claimed when they first met.
Giving evidence over three trials was ātraumaticā and she felt āpersonally attackedā, she said.
The other victim, who is still a serving officer, said she ālived in constant fearā Provan would kill her and felt he saw himself as āuntouchableā.
The officer told the court she felt the police had not dealt with Provan and failed to protect her.
She added: āI feel guilty for people after me who came in contact with Adam, and if they suffered abuse, this has preyed on my mind.ā
Judge Lucas hailed the victimsā bravery as he thanked them for giving their statements in court
The sentencing hearing is expected to conclude on Tuesday.