Castleford Paedophile PC Jo Lavender, 42, of West Yorkshire Police and stationed in Leeds District, has been charged with one count of rape and is scheduled to appear at Bradford Magistrates Court on Friday, 4 October.
The incident pertains to an off-duty crime involving an adult female that occurred in January of this year.
PC Jo Lavender, of Orchard Grove in Castleford, had been suspended from duty since an investigation by the force’s Professional Standards Directorate got under way, according to West Yorkshire Police.
UPDATE 13.02.25
A Paedophile police officer, Jo Lavender, previously charged with raping a woman is now facing further accusations for the rape of three girls.
West Yorkshire Police Constabulary Paedophile Jo Lavender, 43, was arraigned in court in October on charges of raping a woman above the age of 16, stemming from an alleged occurrence in Castleford, his residence, on 21 January of the previous year.
The authorities have now verified that he has been charged with five further counts of raping two other women and two counts of indecent assault on a minor under the age of 14.
He has been suspended from duty, on full pay, since the commencement of an investigation by the Professional Standards Directorate of West Yorkshire Police.
PC Jo Lavender is scheduled to appear at York Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.
UPDATE 10.07.25
A West Yorkshire Police officer PAEDOPHILE, PC Jo Lavender, has been indicted for an additional sexual crime.
PC Jo Lavender, now 43 years old, has been charged with six charges of rape and two counts of indecent assault against a girl under the age of 14. These charges pertain to historical off-duty crimes involving four females.
He has been also charged with a seventh count of rape involving another female victim.
He has been suspended from duty, and still employed by West Yorkshire Police, ON FULL PAY from the initiation of the investigation by the Professional Standards Directorate of West Yorkshire Police.
Jo Lavender is scheduled to appear at York Magistrates Court on 15 July for the initial hearing concerning this new charge.
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