A former Metropolitan Police officer has been found guilty of rape following a trial at Southwark Crown Court.

Mark Tyrrell, 57, who served in the same police unit as Sarah Everard’s killer Wayne Couzens , has been convicted of one count of rape, three of sexual assault and one of perverting the course of justice.

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

Tyrrell was then said to have told the woman “I don’t believe what’s just happened”, and “do you realise that what I’ve just done, that was rape?”

Jurors found him not guilty of one count of rape, four counts of assault by penetration, and eight counts of sexual assault, charges which he denied.

Tyrrell worked in the same Met Police unit as Wayne Couzens (Metropolitan Police/PA) (PA Media)

Tyrrell had been attached to the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command, which is where convicted rapists Couzens and David Carrick both worked.

His…