James Bubb, 27, a Metropolitan Police volunteer from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, now identifies as Gwyn Samuels. He groomed a 12-year-old online and sexually assaulted her after meeting in person following an Omegle contact at a Christian festival in 2018. Bubb also raped a woman he met online while posing as a 16-year-old girl. The offences occurred between 1 January 2018 and 2 April 2024. At Amersham Crown Court jurors were told he identified as male at the time and was referred to by biological sex in court. Convictions include multiple counts of rape and sexual assault; some charges resulted in acquittal.
A Metropolitan Police volunteer officer has been found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a child. James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, groomed one of his two victims online before sexually assaulting her when she was just 12 years old. The 27-year-old, from Chesham in Buckinghamshire, was also found guilty of raping a woman he met online while posing as a 16-year-old girl.
Jurors at Amersham Crown Court were told the defendant, who still identified as male at the time of the alleged offences, would be referred to by their biological sex throughout the trial. The offences took place between 1 January 2018 and 2 April 2024. The trial was told that Bubb met his first victim on the online chat site Omegle in 2018 - before meeting in person for the first time at a Christian festival a few months later.
In relation to one complainant, Bubb was found guilty of one count of raping a child under 13, one count of sexual activity with a child, one count of assault of a child under 13 by penetration, and one count of assault by penetration. He was found not guilty of one count of rape and one count of sexual activity with a child in relation to that same complainant. Bubb was found guilty of one count of rape against a second complainant.
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