Former Metropolitan Police constable Lewis Rollins, 29, used women he met on dating apps to fund his out-of-control betting habit while lying about his true financial situation15:13, 26 May 2026Updated 15:37, 26 May 2026An ex-police officer who abused and lied to a string of girlfriends while taking their money to feed his gambling habit has been sentenced.‌Lewis Rollins, who worked as a police constable in the Met's Central West Command Unit, used women he met on dating apps to fund his out-of-control betting habit.‌The 29-year-old had convinced women to hand over thousands of pounds to help with his spiralling debts while lying to hide his true financial situation. Southwark Crown Court previously heard Rollins was dating two women simultaneously and taking money from both of them.‌He then struck up a relationship with a third woman, who was convinced to take out a £4,000 loan to help pay off Rollins' debts.The former cop was previously found guilty by a jury of two counts of coercive or controlling behaviour and three charges of fraud.He was also convicted at an earlier trial of assaulting a fourth woman, who stepped in to defend her flatmate, who he had been dating.‌Dr Georgia Miller met Rollins on Bumble in April 2022 and described his "bursts of anger", name-calling, acts of violence and controlling jealousy, including monitoring her phone.In July that year, he attacked her in a Birmingham hotel room because he thought she had been texting an ex-boyfriend. Dr Miller said Rollins threw her out of the bed and then "slammed" her against a wall.‌The jury were shown financial transactions, including £1,000 sent to Rollins by Dr Miller when he had "insisted" he would pay off. On another occasion, she sent him more than £1,000 to cover his rent.Rollins was already seeing another woman at the time, Alisha Steeds, who he met in February 2022. The court heard how Steeds had given him £1,500 to cover his rent.Rollins said he "always intended to pay her back". The court heard that Dr Miller had given him money to pay to Ms Steeds, but he had gambled it away instead.‌Trainee solicitor Emily Busby, who met Rollins on a dating app in 2023, said she lent him money after feeling sorry for him. She gave Rollins £800 to pay the deposit on his accommodation after he "gambled away" money he had been given by his parents, jurors were told.In December 2023, she took out a £4,000 loan for Rollins, giving £2,500 of the money to him while using the rest to pay off her own debts.‌In a victim impact statement during his sentencing, Ms Busby told the court she has lost of all of her savings and remains in debt."For the past two and a half years I’ve been trying to recover financially, mentally and emotionally from what he did to me," she said. "To this day I don’t feel like I have my life back. This experience has also affected my trust in the police."Kiera Oluwunmi, defending, said Rollins was now 29, adding: "These offences are not historic but they were some time ago."‌Judge Christopher Hehir said he "wasn't at all impressed" by the defendant's letter saying how sorry he was and "if he was sorry the best way to do that might be to have pleaded guilty".He described how during one incident with Dr Miller the defendant "behaved with breath-taking immaturity and petulance" and also called her names such as "slag" and "c***". The judge said: "As well as being jealous, aggressive and occasionally violent to Georgia Miller, you were also manipulative."In relation to Ms Busby, the defendant "took advantage of her feelings and generosity as a person" and his behaviour "had and continues to have a devastating effect," the judge said.‌Referring to the pre-sentence report, the judge said Rollins had been abstinent of gambling for some time.Judge Hehir said the defendant had already served the equivalent of a two-and-a-half year prison sentence, but if he had been on bail throughout the proceedings he would have been given a sentence of two years and nine months.The judge said if he was to impose that sentence now, the outcome would be that he would be released within weeks, or within a matter of days, and he added he "can't see the point of you going to prison for a few days or weeks". Judge Hehir told the defendant he was going to give him a community order "because it's an order with teeth".Article continues belowThe judge sentenced Rollins to an 18-month community order and said he would have to do 30 rehabilitation activity requirement days. He also imposed a compensation order in relation to Ms Busby to pay back £3,132.50 within six months.