Police Officer Accused of Scamming Girlfriends

0:00On March 16, a 28-year-old metropolitan police officer named Louis Rollins is on trial for allegedly abusing and scamming multiple. Girlfriends to fund his gambling habit. Prosecutors at South American Crown Court say he took money from three women, including their savings, rent payments, and loans totalling around four. Thousand pounds, while hiding his debts from betting losses. Earlier this year, Rollins met the women through dating apps like Bumble, often dating to it once. One helped them apply for a police loan and managed his finances, unaware he was seeing someone else. Another gave him 1,500 pounds for rent, right after he blew 1,000 pounds gambling, and the third covered his housing deposit and bought. Gear for a football event he organized about addiction awareness. The women describe a pattern of controlling jealousy, like checking phones and suicide threats to keep them hooked, despite violent outbursts during arguments. Even after physical incidents, some stayed to protect his job, but relationships soured

1:01when they learned of his cheating or refused more cash. Rollins also took them on trips to places like Spain and Germany, mostly paid by the women before moving on. The last one loaned him money thinking they were close friends, only to face aggression when she confronted him about another date. The officer from Ferrim, in Hampshire, denies two counts of course of control, damaging property and three fraud charges with the trial still underway.