A former Metropolitan police officer who served in the same unit as Sarah Everard’s killer, Wayne Couzens, has been found guilty of sexual offences against a woman he met through his work as an officer.

A court heard that Mark Tyrrell raped the woman – who cannot be identified for legal reasons – by having sex with her after she repeatedly said no.

The 57-year-old was then said to have told her “I don’t believe what’s just happened” and “do you realise that what I’ve just done, that was rape?”

Tyrrell had been attached to the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command, which is where the convicted rapists Couzens and David Carrick both worked.

He was convicted of one count of rape, three of sexual assault and one of perverting the course of justice after a trial at Southwark crown court.

Prosecutor Catherine Farrelly KC alleged that when the woman resisted Tyrrell’s sexual advances “he simply chose to take what he wanted”.

The court heard that concerns were raised after officers attended her…