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| North Yorkshire PC Matthew Fisher jailed for sex assaults | |
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| A North Yorkshire police officer has been jailed for sexually assaulting two women while on duty. | A North Yorkshire police officer has been jailed for sexually assaulting two women while on duty. |
| Matthew Fisher, 37, of York Road, Selby, also admitted two charges of misconduct in a public office relating to sexual activity on duty. | Matthew Fisher, 37, of York Road, Selby, also admitted two charges of misconduct in a public office relating to sexual activity on duty. |
| Judge Michael Mettyear, sitting at Hull Crown Court, jailed Fisher for 15 months. | Judge Michael Mettyear, sitting at Hull Crown Court, jailed Fisher for 15 months. |
| Fisher's barrister told the court the married father-of-two had "brought disgrace and shame upon himself". | Fisher's barrister told the court the married father-of-two had "brought disgrace and shame upon himself". |
| Judge Mettyear said he accepted Fisher had done good work as a police officer. | |
| But he told him: "You let yourself down, let your family down and let the police force down." | |
| 'Sex pest' | |
| The judge said: "You clearly have a high sexual appetite and you found it difficult to resist feeding that whenever you could." | The judge said: "You clearly have a high sexual appetite and you found it difficult to resist feeding that whenever you could." |
| Jurors heard the twice-married officer would meet women while he was on patrol in the Selby area and flirt with them, often offering his sexual services in their homes. | |
| Some of the sexual contact was consensual while other acts were not, the judge heard. | |
| The court heard how one of the sex assaults Fisher carried out involved him putting a woman's hand on his genitals when she asked for a lift during a call-out. | |
| Fisher was also convicted by the jury of assaulting a pub landlady by pulling up her top to look at her breasts and putting her hand on his groin. | |
| The judge said the woman had got fed up with Fisher's constant suggestive and inappropriate behaviour whenever he came into contact with her. | |
| He told him he was making a nuisance of himself "as a sex pest". | |
| The court heard Fisher had been commended during his career in the police. | |
| His barrister, Steven Crossley, told the judge: "He's brought disgrace and shame upon himself but demonstrated that, on occasions, he was a brave police officer and, on occasions, he was prepared to put himself at risk for others." | |
| Fisher, of Selby, was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault against two women and one misconduct charge relating to using a police computer to look up personal details. | |
| He admitted charges of misconduct in relation to having consensual sex while on duty. |