Married GMP officer jailed for trying to rape woman he met in pub
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA married police dog handler has been jailed after violently attacking and trying to rape a woman he met at a pub. Ernesto Ceraldi, 44, left the woman, who said she thought she was going to die, bloodied and bruised after repeatedly throttling and punching her during the terrifying ordeal.
He was eventually arrested after chasing her outside whilst fully naked and pinning her against a wall as she screamed for help and a watching neighbour shouted at him to stop.
His victim now says she is now too scared to go out alone after dark as a judge sentenced him to nearly five and a half years in jail. READ MORE: Ceraldi, who at the time was a serving GMP officer with 21 years service, was off duty and out with a group of friends on the evening of Friday, April 1, this year when he met the victim in a pub in Rossendale, near Bury.
They initially "enjoyed each other's company", the court heard, as they chatted and he showed her pictures of his police dog on his phone, Preston Crown Court was told.
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