Gwyn Samuels, who committed crimes as James Bubb, befriended both victims online

A Metropolitan police special constable who raped a girl and a woman after “systematically” grooming them both online has been jailed for 24 years.

James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, first sexually assaulted the girl when she was just 12 years old after befriending her online in 2018, the trial at Aylesbury crown court was told last year.

The 28-year-old was also found guilty of raping a woman who the defendant first met online while posing as a 16-year-old girl, when the victim was 18.

On Friday, Samuels, a former volunteer special constable, was sentenced to 32 years, made up of 24 years’ imprisonment and a further eight years on extended licence.