Police officer raped two women and abused a third

A police officer has been found guilty of raping two women and subjecting a third to a campaign of abuse. Cameron Ross carried out attacks in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis in 2012 and 2014, before abusing another woman in Inverness between 2019 and 2022. Police Scotland said Ross, 39, was suspended in 2022 after the allegations were made, but the details did not come into the pubic domain until 2024. He had denied the charges but was found guilty by a jury during a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. Police Scotland said an investigation into gross misconduct by the force's professional standards department would take place following the conclusion of criminal proceedings. Judge Alison Stirling denied Ross bail and remanded him in custody. During the trial, the court heard how Ross raped the first woman after they met at a party on Lewis between August and October 2012. The woman told the court how Ross "pinned her down to a bed" before carrying out the attack. She said the incident had left her traumatised. A second woman told the trial Ross had sat on her and restrained her before raping her in June 2014. He went on to subject a third woman to a course of abusive behaviour bet