A former Metropolitan Police volunteer has been found guilty of multiple sexual offences against a child, the court has heard.
James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman under the name Gwyn Samuels, was convicted of raping and sexually assaulting a girl between the ages of 12 and 18. During the trial, jurors were instructed to refer to Bubb by their biological sex when discussing the offences, as they identified as male at the time.
Prosecutors said Bubb first contacted the victim via a video chat platform in 2018, when he was 21 and she was 12. The pair later met in person at a Christian festival, as reported by Sky News.
The court heard that Bubb sexually assaulted the girl in public shortly before her 13th birthday and later committed violent rape in her early teens.
James Bubb was convicted of raping a child under 13, committing sexual activity with a child, assaulting a child under 13 by penetration, and assault by penetration.
He was cleared of one rape charge and one count of sexual activity with a child linked to the first victim, but found guilty of rape against a second victim.
He was acquitted of one count of rape and one count of sexual activity with a child related to the first complainant, but convicted of one count of rape against a second person.
The defendant, who is now 27, sobbed with his head in his hands as the verdicts were read.
Bubb began training with the Metropolitan Police in 2020. The first victim told police he often spoke about the authority he held as a special constable.
The second victim, a woman Bubb met online while he was posing as a 16-year-old girl, described an on-and-off relationship lasting from January 2018 to February 2023.
She told investigators that Bubb used BDSM and police training techniques to exert control over her. “The control, the power he got, it sure as hell wasn’t consensual,” she said.
Bubb, of Chesham, Buckinghamshire, is due to be sentenced at a later date.
