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A former police officer who was convicted of attempted rape and two sexual assaults has been jailed for five years. | A former police officer who was convicted of attempted rape and two sexual assaults has been jailed for five years. |
Lee Rackham, who was a serving Humberside Police officer when the offences took place, was told he had seriously abused his position of trust. | Lee Rackham, who was a serving Humberside Police officer when the offences took place, was told he had seriously abused his position of trust. |
Rackham, 33, of Kent Road, Cottingham, East Yorkshire, was convicted by a jury at Leeds Crown Court in November. | Rackham, 33, of Kent Road, Cottingham, East Yorkshire, was convicted by a jury at Leeds Crown Court in November. |
He was cleared of carrying out three other sexual assaults. | He was cleared of carrying out three other sexual assaults. |
Rackham had denied one charge of attempted rape and five charges of sexual assault between 10 April and 1 September 2008. | |
He was dismissed by Humberside Police in May this year. | |
Domestic dispute | |
Sentencing Rackham, Judge Scott Wolstenholme told him: "You rapidly personalised any encounters you had with women and forced yourself onto them in a sexual way. | |
"Your defence was that any sexual activity was consensual and you took the view that you did not realise any advances were unwelcome. | |
"You've served your country in the Armed Forces and I'm sure were a good police officer in your time but this was a most serious breach of trust." | |
The judge also told Rackham that a letter he had received from his wife asking him to be merciful could not help him escape a custodial sentence. | |
The court earlier heard Rackham had tried to rape a woman after he befriended her while attending a domestic dispute at her home in East Yorkshire. | |
The jury was told he pushed the woman against her kitchen units and tried to rape her while her son was strapped into his pushchair in a nearby room | |
The women told the jury: "I was just concerned about my little boy in the room next door. Then I was furious." | |
'Embarrassed and ashamed' | |
She said Rackham was apologetic after the attack. | |
"He was sorry. He didn't want to lose his job or partner," she added. | |
Rackham's convictions for sexual assault related to incidents with two different woman. | |
The court was told he met one woman in a police station where she expressed interest in the forensic service and he went round to her house with information. Once inside the house, he kissed her. | |
On another occasion he touched a woman's chest. | |
Rackham told the jury he was embarrassed and ashamed about the way he acted with the victims. | |
He admitted he told four women he was single or that his marriage was in trouble because he was having a "rough patch" with his wife and he hoped a relationship with the other women might progress. |
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