After allegedly raping a teen complainant in a western Sydney police station, a sex crimes detective took a naked photo of himself on a bed and sent it to the woman, a jury has heard.
Glen Coleman is on trial accused of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman from March to May 2022 and abusing his position in the NSW Police Force.
The complainant, who cannot be legally named, broke down in tears today as she saw an explicit photograph allegedly sent to her by Coleman on the Snapchat messaging app in May 2022.
“I was sitting right next to my nan on the couch and he’s bothering me asking me for photos,” she told a jury at Penrith District Court.
“He sent me a photo of him lying in his bed with his dick in his hand.”
The woman said she responded with a photo of her naked tattooed back taken while she was in the shower in an attempt to stop the detective harassing her.
Coleman has been accused of sexually abusing the teen complainant at Windsor Police Station and at two parks in western Sydney.
The 57-year-old has pleaded not guilty to one count of abusing his position of public office to procure the woman for his own sexual gratification, three of sexual intercourse without consent and six of sexual touching without consent.
His barrister Joel Brook said his client did not deny he had sex with the woman at the police station but rejected allegations it was not consensual.
Today, the young woman said she felt forced into having sex with Coleman in an interview room.
Jurors heard she grabbed $70 the detective had put on the table before she left because she was “pissed off”.
“I thought you know what, shame on you, I will take the $70 because you made me do it,” she said.
Coleman previously offered the woman $500 for sex or $400 for a lap dance after finding out the complainant had gone for an interview at a Sydney strip club, the court heard.
The woman had initially approached the detective for help after her cousin threatened to share naked photos of her online.
Later, she also told him she had concerns about her boyfriend’s behaviour.
The woman finally confided in two friends in May 2022 about what allegedly happened with the officer, the jury was told.
She showed them a Snapchat message sent by Coleman offering $600 for sex at a hotel and asking her to wear a lacy G-string.
“I realised that I couldn’t get out of it much longer and I felt really backed into a corner,” she said.
Coleman was arrested in May 2022 and was dismissed from the NSW Police Force in September that year.
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