Lauren Evans was convicted of perverting the court of justice - Metropolitan Police/Metropolitan PoliceA female police officer falsely claimed that she had been assaulted as a reason for being late for work. Lauren Evans, 35, claimed a plain-clothes officer carried out an intimate search after stopping her as she drove to work in south London on March 22, 2023. 'Tried to fool a jury'Judge Martin Griffith previously told the officer that she had probably made up the allegation as an excuse for being late. Pc Watson was held in a cell for 23 hours at the time of the allegation, although was subsequently exonerated and released without charge. I'm a proud serving police officer and my wife and I have combined police service of 30 years," he said.