A serving police officer has been charged with rape and sexual assault in a Milton Keynes hotel.
The charges relate to the rape and sexual assault of a woman at the Premier Inn on Avebury Boulevard, Milton Keynes, on the evening of 17 December 2023. It was reported to Thames Valley Police on 11 July 2024.
It has since been confirmed that PC Thomas Irwin, aged 25, based at Reading police station in Berkshire, was arrested on 18 July and suspended.
On 22 August 2025, Irwin was charged with two counts of raping a woman aged 16 or over and one count of assaulting a female aged 13 and over by penetration.
Irwin was released on conditional bail and is due to appear at Luton and South Bedfordshire Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (18/9).
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