Serving Met Police officer who falsely imprisoned and beat woman is jailed

A serving Metropolitan Police officer who falsely imprisoned and beat a woman has been jailed.

A judge on Thursday ruled PC Rodrigues-Leite did pick up a knife and threaten to kill the victim and himself among his offences, as he sentenced him to two years and three months imprisonment at Croydon Crown Court.

Passing sentence, Mr Recorder Daniel Dyal said: “I’m satisfied that you were aggressive and highly volatile… your temper was so bad at this time that you made her fear violence would be used.”

In an impact statement read to the court, the victim said: “It got to the point where I was terrified to leave my house… It’s caused me to also feel scared of police officers.”

The hearing was also told of multiple occasions when PC Rodrigues-Leite would lock the woman in rooms during arguments and prevent her from leaving for a few minutes.

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