Paul Hoile, who has since resigned as a special constable, said the sexual activity was consensual.
Paul Hoile was an off-duty special constable with the Met Police at the time of his encounter with the womanPaul Hoile, who was a special constable with the Metropolitan Police at the time, had in total faced five charges in connection with his interaction with her in Shropshire in July.
The prosecution alleged Mr Hoile, from Essex, had used his warrant card while drunk to "exert control" over the woman, "inappropriately interrogate" her, and compel her to answer questions. He said she had performed a sex act on him by the side of the road, before further activity took place near a fence in a "dark lane".
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