A RETIRED police inspector has been charged with historic sexual misconduct offences involving 18 victims.
Gerard Hutchings, 64, is accused of 29 offences said to have taken place at a number of stations where he had been based.
His alleged victims were aged between 17 and 31 and the offences are said to have occurred between 1999 and 2007 across the Hampshire force area.
Hutchings was arrested and charged following Hampshire Police’s Operation Marmion investigation into his supposed behaviour.
The former senior cop, of Ashurst, Hants, is due to appear before magistrates in Southampton on December 5.
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A spokesman said: “A former police officer has been charged with non-recent misconduct and sexual offences, following an investigation by Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary’s Operation Marmion team.”
The alleged 29 offences included indecent assaults and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent, as well as misconduct in a public office.
The spokesman confirmed that Hutchings left the Hampshire force in 2007 and the probe into him began in 2021.
