A mother has received £3,500 in compensation after police officers were caught on their own bodycams handling her lingerie and laughing at her sex toys during a drugs raid on her house.
Nichola Corr, 51, from north Essex, says Suffolk Police conducted a search of her home as part of an investigation which allegedly involved one of her family members.
During the raid, Ms Corr says the officers were like ‘children in a playground’, throwing a G-string back and forth and pulling her £1,000 collection of erotic gadgets out of the box.
She complained and Suffolk Police gave Ms Corr a £3,500 payout after its professional standards department found the officers’ behaviour to have been ‘unacceptable and unprofessional’.
The department’s investigation also deemed that formal disciplinary action was not required.
Ms Corr’s marriage has fallen apart since the raid – with her and her husband now filing for a divorce.
She blames trauma from the incident for the split, saying it ‘diminished’ the couple’s sex life, leaving neither of the pair as ‘adventurous as they used to be’.
The raid, which happened in October 2023, was conducted on the suspicion a family member was allegedly concerned in the supply of controlled drugs.
Ms Corr’s marriage has fallen apart since the raid – with her and her husband now filing for a divorce
Ms Corr says the officers were like ‘children in a playground’, throwing a G-string back and forth and pulling her £1,000 collection of erotic gadgets out of the box
Ms Corr was not arrested and the police investigation led to no charges or prosecutions.
Ms Corr, who was shown bodycam footage when she complained, said: ‘One of the male officers was at the bottom of the bed.
‘He picked up a pair of knickers and he threw them to the other male officer, and he looked down and said: ‘Did you just throw them at me?’
‘After they threw the underwear, they found the box of toys. ‘
She added: ‘The male officer that threw the underwear was looking through my whole toy box, laughing, joking, going: “Oh, look at this. Jesus Christ, look at this!”
‘It was like they were children in a playground the way they were acting. It was disgusting.
‘I have a psychologist and she said that I needed counselling because I’ve never used my toy box since.’
Suffolk Police force denied officers ever touched the sex toys, with a spokesperson saying: ‘A box containing sex toys was found, which was subject to comment and laughter from the officers, but at no point do they touch or play with the items.
Ms Corr (pictured) was not arrested and the police investigation led to no charges or prosecutions
Ms Corr (pictured) said that while she didn’t see the incident during the raid, she found out about the full extent of the officers’ actions after requesting the bodycam footage
‘The underwear appeared to be moved in jest, without any thought given for the upset this could cause to the owner.’
Ms Corr said that while she didn’t see the incident during the raid, she found out about the full extent of the officers’ actions after requesting the bodycam footage.
‘During the raid, we could hear laughing and joking upstairs,’ she said, describing how she knew something was wrong.’
According to Ms Corr, the footage also shows an older officer telling their colleagues to turn off the bodycam recording.
‘I just think the police are horrendous’, she said, adding: ‘No one’s ever apologised to me for what they’ve done.
‘I mean, they think a couple of thousand pounds and that’s it – the police can do what they want.
‘I don’t trust the police anymore. I always used to say if you ever need the police, they’ll be there for you.
‘But no, not in this day and age. They’re using their power over people.’
Pictured: One of Ms Corr’s sex toys. She has received a £3,500 payout from police
Suffolk Police said the allegations were investigated by the joint Norfolk & Suffolk Professional Standards Department.
A force spokesperson said: ‘They determined the officers’ behaviour was deemed to be unacceptable and unprofessional, but was considered to be more due to immaturity than spite.’
‘It was noted that all the officers involved were very young in terms of service and still undergoing training.
‘One of the officers left the organisation prior to the complaint being received.
‘The two officers who remained in service were required to undertake “Reflective Practice”.
‘This involves officers having a professional discussion with their manager, viewing the video footage and being asked to comment on how they perceive it.
‘They are encouraged to confront what they did and think about the impact of their behaviour on the complainant and on the public perception of the police service.
‘As a part of this process the two officers that remain in service offered an apology to the complainant and the Detective Inspector who investigated the allegations also offered an apology for their behaviour, both verbally and in writing.
‘This was acknowledged by the complainant in an email.’
