Kevin Storey was jailed for nine years at the High Court in Edinburgh in 2014

Prosecutors are considering whether to bring criminal charges against three police officers alleged to have covered up complaints against a colleague later jailed for a catalogue of sexual abuse.

The Crown Office is considering the contents of a second police investigation, which has now concluded.

There have been claims that high-ranking officers in the Borders failed to act on complaints of misconduct over a three-year period against a former sergeant, Kevin Storey, now 52.

Storey was jailed for nine years at the High Court in Edinburgh in 2014 for sex offences against women including rape, attempted rape and indecent assault.

In 2017 the Crown Office’s Criminal Allegations Against the Police Division ordered two separate inquiries into an alleged cover-up, one to be conducted by Police