Former Police Scotland sergeant jailed for 12 years for abusing two women

Campbell Petrie, a former Police Scotland sergeant, has been sentenced after a jury found him guilty of nine charges of physical and sexual abuse against two women between 2006 and 2022. One victim was a police colleague whom he raped while she was asleep; the case highlights serious crimes committed by an officer who remained in the force and was promoted after an earlier arrest.

The High Court in Glasgow imposed a 15-year extended sentence, with 12 years in prison followed by three years of supervision. Petrie, 50, was also placed on the sex offenders’ register for life and banned from contacting or going within 100 metres of his victims. The judge cited the lasting psychological harm described by the women, while Petrie continued to deny the crimes; he is one of several serving or former Police Scotland officers convicted or accused of rape in recent months.