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Merseyside Officer Charged Over 2022 Police Car Collision That Killed Rachael Moore

The case moves to court following an independent watchdog inquiry.

Overview

  • PC Scott Thompson, 32, has been charged with causing death by careless driving under section 2B of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
  • He is due to appear at Manchester Magistrates' Court on Monday, November 24, 2025.
  • The Independent Office for Police Conduct investigated after a mandatory referral and consulted the Crown Prosecution Service, which authorised the charge.
  • Rachael Louise Moore, 22, died at the scene after being struck by a marked Merseyside Police car on Sheil Road, Kensington, on December 24, 2022.
  • The officer was responding to an unrelated emergency call at the time, and tributes from Moore's family and Liverpool Hope University followed her death.