Former police officer given life sentence for 13 rapes and kidnap

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A former police officer has been jailed for life for 13 rapes and kidnap. Cliff Mitchell, 24, was serving with the Metropolitan Police when a number of the offences were committed.

The first of his two victims - a child - reported in 2017 that she had been raped by Mitchell on a number of occasions between 2014 and 2017.

Mitchell – who had not yet applied to join the police – was arrested and released on bail pending further enquiries. The case initially resulted in no further action.

On September 5 2023, Mitchell attended the address of a woman who he raped at knifepoint before blindfolding her with his hooded top, tying her hands with cable ties and forcing her into his car.