Former Police Scotland officer identified as serial rapist

A former Police Scotland officer who died by suicide earlier this year has been identified as a violent serial rapist who committed sexual assaults and attempted murders against women over at least 14 years. The force revealed on July 23, 2026, that PC Alan Greer, 47, took his own life on May 6 while suspended and under investigation for a series of crimes that began in 2012.

The investigation, described as one of the largest and most complex ever undertaken by Police Scotland's Anti-Corruption Unit, was launched in late 2025. It began after a woman in her late thirties reported that she had been raped in her Glasgow home in 2012 by a uniformed officer who had responded to her initial call for help. Detectives used that complaint to identify Greer, discovering that in the weeks after the 2012 attack, he had repeatedly and without legitimate reason monitored the victim's crime file on the police computer system.

A warrant was executed at Greer's home in Wishaw on April 24, 2026, where he was arrested and a number of electronic devices were seized. He was released pending further investigation and suspended from duty. The examination of his devices revealed thousands of graphic...