A former police sergeant who raped a woman while on a lunch break at work has been jailed for 11 years. Derek Seekings, 66, was sentenced on Wednesday afternoon after being convicted of two counts of rape.
He attacked the same woman between 1994 and 2000. The ex-policeman, who served with Surrey Police until 2005, inflicted "severe psychological harm" on his victim, a court heard.
In a statement read out at Lewes Crown Court, the woman described the impact the attacks had on her. She said: "I am nervous of phone numbers I do not know or when someone is unexpectedly at the door." She said the trial process had been "harrowing".
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