THE identity of a policeman accused of having sex with a teenage shoplifter can now be revealed.
Sen-Constable Luke Donoghue, 34, faces 14 charges including using his position to procure a child for sex, sexual penetration of a child and supplying liquor to an under-age person.
Sen-Constable Donoghue's lawyers withdrew an application to suppress his name.
This week Melbourne Magistrates' Court heard the Cheltenham police officer took the 17-year-old to a nightclub and bought her 14 drinks before going back to his house for sex.
He allegedly asked her to wear a police shirt during sex and once took her to his parents' house to have sex.
The court was told Sen-Constable Donoghue first met the girl, who was pregnant at the time, when she was arrested for shoplifting.
After she was released, he allegedly rang the girl's father under the pretence of introducing her to programs for troubled teens.
Afterwards, they met for coffee and became friends on Facebook, the court heard.
Sen-Constable Donoghue, who is on bail and suspended from police duties, will appear in court again in February.
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