A disgraced Met detective inspector allegedly drugged his wife so men at swingers parties could rape her before her body was found in a blood-soaked hotel room.
Warren Arter, 54, whoHe was found unconscious in his cell at HMP Wandsworth less than a week after being accused of misconduct.
He was due to appear at Woolwich Crown Court in July after being charged with misconduct in public office following allegations he had inappropriate contact with a victim of crime.
Arter – who worked in a unit dealing with rape victims – was dismissed for serious misconduct in May last year. This came after he was suspended for six years on full pay for taking drugs and offering to supply them at swingers parties.
He was also arrested following allegations of coercive control over his wife Rebekah made by one of his relatives. They met when he investigated a case where she reported domestic violence.
And a fortnight before her death, Rebekah, 47, was found dead in a blood-soaked hotel room in Barbados – and her friends claim she was raped while unconscious after being drugged by Arter.
Former Detective Inspector Warren Arter was fired over allegations he made sexual advances on victims and offered cocaine to women at swinger orgies.
Rebekah met Arter in 2007 when she reported a report of domestic violence to police and Arter was the investigator, a detective sergeant working in a community safety unit.
He was found to have breached police standards of professional behavior by discreditable conduct, authority, respect and courtesy, duties and responsibilities, honesty and integrity. Above is an image on his phone used against him in court
He was also arrested on charges of rape and sexual assault made by another woman.
The Sun reported that Arter was also detained on charges of voyeurism, sending malicious communications and blackmail.
Rebekah met Arter in 2007 when she reported a report of domestic violence to police and Arter was the investigator, a detective sergeant working in a community safety unit.
They began dating, which was part of his pattern of inappropriate relationships with vulnerable victims.
Six months after meeting Rebekah, he moved into the house she shared with her son Elliot in Welling, south London, and they married in Las Vegas in 2016.
But when they returned from their honeymoon, Met anti-corruption officers were waiting and he was suspended from duty on suspicion of having sex with vulnerable rape victims.
Arter fell down the rabbit hole of cocaine and sex, staying out all night, sleeping during the day and getting nosebleeds from drug use, friends told The Sun.
And he allegedly forced his wife to do this to him, “under his complete control.”
Friends said he made her wear revealing clothes and high-heeled shoes.
'She was not the woman she was when she met Warren.'
In 2018 he was arrested again on suspicion of drug supply and corrupt use of police powers and 3,000 messages were found on his phone, many related to swinging.
By the time he was forcibly fired, the couple had already accumulated debts, Rebekah had remortgaged her home and sold another property she owned.
But he was able to claim his pension because he had escaped criminal prosecution, which the couple used to fly to Barbados in June.
Nine days later, Arter found Rebekah dead with blood on the sheets and carpet at the luxury O2 Beach Club and Spa hotel.
Six months after meeting Rebekah, he moved into the house she shared with her son Elliot in Welling, south London, and they married in Las Vegas in 2016.
Photos from Arter's phone that were used as evidence against him in his misconduct court
She died from a massive pulmonary hemorrhage caused by a viral infection and cocaine was found in her system.
A source told The Sun: “It apparently looked like a crime scene with blood everywhere.” An inquest into his death will take place later in London.
They said police were told Arter sent a video to a friend showing Rebekah having sex with a man while she appeared to be unconscious.
Arter spent more than £3,000 on Rebekah's credit card in Barbados days after her death.
He reportedly gave different accounts of how he found her body, saying they were sunbathing and went back to their room, then he woke up two hours later and found her dead.
He also said they went to dinner and that he slept 18 hours before finding her dead.
By the time Rebekah's body was repatriated to the UK, Arter had already died in prison.
He is estimated to have earned around £400,000 since being suspended by Scotland Yard in 2016 over allegations he abused his position “for sexual purposes”.
He was accused of harassing victims of sexual crimes between 2006 and 2013, when he was a detective sergeant leading a rape investigation team that won an award in 2009 for having the best detection rate in the Metropolitan Police.
The officer offered to supply class A drugs to several women and photographed himself in front of a line of cocaine.
Arter spent two years buying cocaine and MDMA and sent text messages offering to supply drugs to others while working with the Met's Sapphire squad.
Police found a photograph of the officer sitting on his couch in front of a mirror with lines of white powder and a card on a coffee table in his living room.
Another image showed plastic bags containing white powder on a digital scale.
Former Detective Inspector Warren Arter was found unconscious in his cell at HMP Wandsworth (pictured) less than a week after being accused of misconduct
He was barred from policing after his sordid role in cocaine-fuelled parties, where he turned a blind eye to drug taking and suspected exploitation was revealed at a police misconduct hearing.
When police arrested the father while he was returning home from Jamaica in December 2016, officers found on his property drug paraphernalia more commonly associated with a drug dealer, including metal straws and mini scales that contained traces of cocaine, along with a sealed bag that had traces of MDMA.
The officer was arrested and tested positive for cocaine.
He was interviewed under caution on suspicion of offering to supply controlled drugs to others and corrupt or improper use of police powers by failing to act when he became aware of others possessing and consuming drugs.
A three-day misconduct hearing was told the disgraced police officer bought cocaine and MDMA on a number of occasions between 2016 and 2018 and regularly attended parties where cocaine and crack were openly consumed, which he turned a blind eye to.
Arter also took no action when he learned that a man was supplying drugs to a woman in exchange for sex.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) discovered text message exchanges in which he organized the purchase of drugs, discussed their use and offered to supply cocaine to two women on two occasions.
His phone and iPad also contained traces of cocaine.
He was found to have breached police standards of professional behavior by discreditable conduct, authority, respect and courtesy, duties and responsibilities, honesty and integrity.
Despite the extraordinary length of time the case took, Arter would face a secondary disciplinary hearing into allegations that he abused his position for sexual purposes.
