An officer accused of stalking and attacking his partner was able to join Kent Police.

She says her accusations against the former Police Scotland employee resulted in his colleagues dumping her in an isolated forest to "teach her a lesson", a claim prosecutors did not deny.

It was one of 17 allegations of criminal behaviour she made which were investigated by prosecutors but dismissed for either "not amounting to a crime" or because there was "insufficient evidence", The Sunday Post reports.

The special Crown Office unit, dedicated to investigating allegations against officers, investigated the 32-year-old's account.

She accused several officers of partaking in a "boy's club" and a culture of sexism, bullying and misogyny and said Kent Police should not have hired her ex when investigations were ongoing.

No charges were brought against the officer.

Other allegations made by the woman, who also used to work for Police Scotland, included a woman being sprayed with pepper spray without justification, sexual assault and harassment of colleagues, locking a pregnant officer in her office and stapling a female colleague's jacket to the wall.

Charges were first considered possible against four of the officers.

One is being prosecuted but has since retired.

The woman told the newspaper: “The sort of things that happened to me are still happening to other female officers I’ve stayed in touch with. If serving officers cannot get justice, how can the public have any confidence they will?

“My life has been in limbo for almost four years, ever since I finally decided enough was enough."

Kent Police declined to comment.

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