Former Met Police special constable is jailed for raping child

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20 Mar 2026 • 9:41 PM MYT
The Independent
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  • A volunteer Metropolitan Police officer, James Bubb, now identifying as Gwyn Samuels, has been jailed for 24 years for raping and sexually assaulting a child and a woman.
  • Samuels was found guilty of grooming a 12-year-old girl online before sexually assaulting her, and raping a woman met online while posing as a 16-year-old girl.
  • The former special constable received a total sentence of 32 years, consisting of 24 years' imprisonment and an additional eight years on extended licence.
  • Judge Jonathan Cooper stated that Samuels 'abused the most intimate trust of your victims' and posed a 'very significant risk to women', a judgment based on criminal status, not trans status.
  • Samuels was also made subject to a lifelong sexual harm prevention order, banning contact with young women, following offences committed between January 2018 and April 2024.