A claim that a police officer raped a junior colleague in a Belfast police station is being investigated by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, it was learned today.
The female officer is understood to have made the allegation against a superior officer following an incident in recent weeks at a station in the east of the city.
A PSNI spokeswoman confirmed an allegation of a serious sexual assault in the Castlereagh area is being investigated.
It is alleged the rape happened after an evening event at a police station.
PA
