A former Metropolitan Police officer who abused and lied to a string of girlfriends while taking their money to feed his gambling habit has been sentenced.
Lewis Rollins, from Fareham, Hampshire, was a PC when he used three women he met on dating apps to fund his addiction, telling them a series of lies to hide his financial problems.
A jury at Southwark Crown Court found the 29-year-old guilty of two counts of coercive or controlling behaviour and three charges of fraud, while a previous trial convicted him of assaulting a fourth woman.
During a hearing at the same court earlier, Rollins was handed an 18-month community order and ordered to pay back £3,132.50 to one of his victims
Rollins, who had appeared on BBC Radio Essex in 2023 to…