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An anti-terrorism police officer raped a teenager after tracking her down using Snapchat maps, a jury heard.

Peter Drummond, 38, allegedly travelled from Berkshire to Cornwall twice to attack the girl, who was 14 at the time, at her home.

He appeared at Truro Crown Court faced with three charges of rape and three alternative charges of sexual activity with a child.

Mr Drummond, from Three Mile Cross near Reading, denies all the charges.

Fiona Elder, prosecuting, said he befriended the girl on social media, using Kik messenger and Snapchat and later Skype.

The court heard the married father found the girl's home address using Snapchat mapping.

While she had seen his picture before, the first time the pair met was on 26 October 2017, when he is alleged to have raped her in her bedroom.

On the next occasion, Mr Drummond is said to have driven to her home on the evening of 17 November, and climbed in through her bedroom window, where he allegedly raped her a second time.

Ms Elder said: "Online he had been supportive as she had anxiety. You may want to think that that support from him online had an ulterior motive."

The court heard Mr Drummond had worked as a specialist anti-terrorism police officer with the Ministry of Defence since 2006.

When asked by defence barrister, Kaja Reiff Musgrove how old the girl looked in her Kik profile picture, Mr Drummond told the court "probably would have said 18ish".

He said the girl asked him to go and see her on 25 October 2017 and gave him directions to her house.

He said: "She came running out and jumped on me and hugged me and led me to the bedroom."

Under cross-examination, the prosecution asked: "At any stage of your conversations on Skype did you have any question marks about her age?"

"No," he replied.

The trial continues.