Hampshire detective denies forging witness statement during Andover murder investigation

Detective Constable Robert Ferrow, of Hampshire police, is accused of completing and signing the statement as part of the investigation into the death of mother-of-five Lucy-Anne Rushton in Andover in June 2019.

The detective has appeared at Winchester Crown Court where he denied committing the offence.

A spokesman for the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) which investigated Ferrow said: ‘It is alleged Det Con Ferrow completed and signed the statement of a witness during the investigation into the murder of Lucy-Anne Rushton.

‘Our investigation began in August 2019 and was completed in July 2020.

‘At the investigation’s conclusion, we referred a file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which made the decision to charge the officer.’

Judge Angela Morris adjourned the case for trial on August 9 and released Ferrow on unconditional bail until then.

The murder investigation saw Shaun Dyson, 28, jailed for a minimum of 17 years at Winchester Crown Court for the murder of his estranged wife.

She was killed at the family house in Andover, Hampshire, while children were at the property.

Simon Jones, prosecuting, said that Dyson had become ‘enraged’ by a phone call the 30-year-old mother received from a man with whom she was in a relationship.

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