#Latest news with #policeapplicationTimes15-05-2025TimesChild sex offender caught when he tried to join policeA child sex offender who preyed on young girls seven years ago was caught by detectives when he brazenly applied to join the police and submitted a DNA sample as part of his application. Reinaldo Goncalo Bertoni Filho was arrested after applying to be a police community support officer (PCSO) with the British Transport Police (BTP) in September last year, police revealed. The 41-year-old was asked to provide a sample as part of the vetting process and it matched DNA obtained following two separate sexual attacks on children in Ewell and Claygate in 2017. The first incident took place on July 10 on a footpath in Ewell, where the 15-year-old victim was sexually assaulted. A male DNA profile was obtained from her clothing, which was
Times15-05-2025TimesChild sex offender caught when he tried to join policeA child sex offender who preyed on young girls seven years ago was caught by detectives when he brazenly applied to join the police and submitted a DNA sample as part of his application. Reinaldo Goncalo Bertoni Filho was arrested after applying to be a police community support officer (PCSO) with the British Transport Police (BTP) in September last year, police revealed. The 41-year-old was asked to provide a sample as part of the vetting process and it matched DNA obtained following two separate sexual attacks on children in Ewell and Claygate in 2017. The first incident took place on July 10 on a footpath in Ewell, where the 15-year-old victim was sexually assaulted. A male DNA profile was obtained from her clothing, which was