First picture of police officer jailed for sex with woman on 999 call-out to her home

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A police officer who had sex with a woman whereas responding to a 999 name to her home, earlier than allegedly begging her not to inform anybody, has been jailed.

Jordan Masterson turned his bodycam off and claimed he felt “powerless” whereas having sex with the feminine in the course of the go to to her home in Widnes in Cheshire within the early hours of 28 December, 2021.

Cheshire Constabulary have now launched a picture of the 28-year-old as he was sentenced at Chester Crown Court on Friday after being discovered responsible of misconduct in a public workplace following a trial earlier this yr.

He was jailed for three and a half years for the “gross breach of trust” and was handed an indefinite restraining order stopping him from contacting the woman, referred to as feminine G.

Sentencing on Friday, Judge Michael Leeming informed Masterson: “Your behaviour over the course of this night and your dealings with the victim amounted to a gross breach of trust.

“The public is entitled to expect their police officers to act with the utmost integrity. Female G needed your help. Instead you took advantage of her to satisfy your own sexual needs. You see yourself as the victim and you blame her for ruining your career.”

The woman, who had been ingesting alcohol, later informed officers the “atmosphere changed” when the probationary police constable, who has since resigned, touched her hand.

Masterson informed the courtroom it was the woman who touched his hand, including that she walked out of the room earlier than returning bare.

“I remember just being confused, feeling completely numb like I was glued to the floor,” he claimed. He added “he was powerless”.

Mr Leeming stated: “I reject those assertions. You told the jury that it was your dream since being a teenager to join the police.

“You have now lost that career and you only have yourself to blame for that.”The trial heard how Masterson arrived on the home, the place the woman’s youngsters had been asleep, whereas responding to the report of a disturbance.

After the occasion, he returned to her home after extra emergency calls, and later denied “pleading” with her not to inform anybody what occurred.

But the woman referred to as the police to report the incident, initially utilizing the phrase “rape”, however then saying she had needed sex.

Asked in courtroom about why she stated she had been raped, the woman stated: “That’s the word to describe how I felt. I felt completely violated.”

Vanessa Thomson, defending, stated her consumer’s psychological well being had deteriorated since his arrest and {that a} medical report had said in December 2021 he was seemingly struggling the consequences of post-traumatic stress dysfunction (PTSD) from childhood trauma.

The defendant’s accomplice and her household proceed to assist him, Miss Thomson added.

Masterson, who would have been dismissed from the drive had he not already resigned, was positioned on the barred record, which means he can’t be employed in policing sooner or later.

Independent Office for Police Conduct regional director Catherine Bates stated: “Former Pc Masterson’s disgraceful behaviour has absolutely no place in policing, and he has now been held accountable for his actions.”