Cameron Ross, 39, a former Police Scotland officer, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on July 2, 2025, after being convicted of raping two women and carrying out a campaign of domestic abuse against a third. The offences occurred at locations in Inverness and on the Isle of Lewis between 2012 and 2022. Ross was also placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely. He arrived at the High Court in Edinburgh wearing a navy suit, white shirt, green tie, black flat cap, and dark sunglasses, carrying a brown leather backpack with AirPods in his ears, before being jailed.
Other Disgraced Officers Behind Bars
Christopher Ferguson, 33, a former police officer, was jailed for 14 months in May 2025 for subjecting a woman to a 'heinous' campaign of abuse. He met the victim online and subjected her to verbal abuse, including calling her a 'slut' and 'pathetic', and created a fake Tinder profile of her. On one occasion, he pinned her against a wall, leaving her sobbing. Ferguson, of Wishaw, Lanarkshire, admitted breaching domestic abuse laws at Hamilton Sheriff Court and is being held at HMP Dumfries. He will be supervised for six months after release.
Alan Sharp, 52, a serving Police Scotland firearms officer, was jailed for two years in December 2024 for taking home six shotguns and other weapons surrendered to him. Sharp, based in Kinross, pleaded guilty to three firearms charges and one count of wilful neglect of duties. He had possession of two firearms and live ammunition outside his license terms and failed to conduct proper checks for firearms applications. The weapons, designated for destruction, were found in a secure cabinet at his home, along with rifle parts and 1,919 bullets of 17 calibres.
Steven Charletta, 60, a former Police Scotland employee, was sentenced to two years in October 2024 for illegally accessing police records and sharing data. He was found guilty of data protection and fraud offences, and attempting to pervert the course of justice, at Falkirk Sheriff Court. Charletta accessed records without a legitimate policing purpose and disclosed personal information. Two women were also arrested in connection with extortion and data protection offences. Charletta resigned from Police Scotland in September 2025.
Andrew Hyams, 63, a former Merseyside Police officer, was jailed for two years in January 2025 for causing the death of his wife's aunt, 88-year-old Annie Sinclair, and serious injury to van driver Carl Egerton by dangerous driving. Hyams crossed the centre line on a left-hand bend, colliding head-on with Egerton's van. Egerton suffered a fractured sternum and was unable to work for six months. Hyams had been driving Mrs Sinclair to his home in Saltcoats for his remarriage the following day.
Officers Avoided Prison But Faced Consequences
Craig Glen, 37, a former police officer, sexually assaulted two female colleagues while on duty in December 2016 and June 2021. He inappropriately touched them in a police car and made sexualised comments. Glen was found guilty of two sexual assault charges and communicating indecently at Glasgow Sheriff Court in May 2024. Sheriff Paul Reid placed him under supervision and on the sex offenders register for a year. Glen, who had 16 years of service, resigned in shame.
Ryan Tierney, a former British Transport Police inspector, was banned from the force in September 2024 after sexually assaulting two work colleagues. The misconduct hearing found that Tierney made sexualised comments and groped a female colleague at a Christmas night out in Glasgow in December 2016. He also faced allegations of a second assault at a Christmas event in Edinburgh in December 2013. Tierney was found to have breached professional standards and was dismissed.
