Rape cop pension fight KO

By KENNY McALPINE

Published: Today

RAPIST cop Adam Carruthers lost his battle to keep his full police pension yesterday.

The 46-year-old beast sued Dumfries and Galloway Council when his £18,000-a-year payout was cut by 65 per cent after his conviction.

Vile Carruthers - jailed for raping two women while in uniform - claimed the reduction breached his human rights.

But yesterday a sheriff rejected the monster's claims following a three-day inquiry earlier.

In a written judgement, Sheriff Kenneth Ross said: "The offences were liable to lead to a serious loss of confidence in the public service.

"The latter is very important in my opinion. It is an unchallenged fact."

Dozens of furious friends and family of Carruthers' victims protested outside Dumfries Sheriff Court during the inquiry in June.

The dad-of-two was caged in 2001 for raping the women while serving as a cop in Langholm, Dumfriesshire.

Another 38 women later claimed the beast had raped, attacked or harassed them during his 20-year career.

He was freed from his 11-year sentence last year and attempted to recoup his pension shortfall.

He claimed the forfeiture was illegal as he had paid his debt to society.

Sheriff Ross dismissed his case but ruled any pension for his widow or children should be unaffected.

Dumfries and Galloway Council said it was pleased at the ruling.

A spokesman added: "We hope Carruthers' victims will see this judgment as a positive reaction to the suffering they were caused by his offences.

"This is the first time in Scotland that the police pension regulations have been used to forfeit an officer's pension."

We told last month how Carruthers was branded a "threat to women" after applying to an agency to be a cleaning supervisor at a Tesco supermarket.

In prison he refused to join any sex offender rehabilitation programmes, admit guilt, or show remorse.

He served just seven years before release.