Merseyside officer charged after woman, 22, killed by police car on Christmas Eve
Rachael Moore died after being hit by a police car on Christmas Eve.
A Merseyside Police officer has been charged with causing death by careless driving following an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation.
PC Scott Thompson, 32, is due to appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court next week charged with causing death by careless driving, after a 22-year-old woman died on Christmas Eve of 2022.
The investigation by the IOPC followed a mandatory referral Merseyside Police after the police car PC Thompson was driving was involved in a fatal collision on Shiel Road in Kensington on December 24, 2022.
The officer, who was responding to an unrelated emergency call at around 8.10pm, hit 22-year-old pedestrian Rachael Moore, who was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
In a statement today, a spokesperson for the IOPC said: “We have consulted with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) during the course of our investigation to consider any potential criminal offences. This led to the authorisation of the charge against PC Thompson last month.”
PC Scott Thompson is due to appear at Manchester Magistrates’ Court on Monday (November 24).