cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6040695

Today, Friday 29th September, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has acknowledged the sentence handed down to a former police officer at Laganside Crown Court.

The man, who cannot be named in order to protect the victim’s identity, was sentenced to five years, after being found guilty of two counts of rape and two counts of sexual assault. He will serve two years and six months in prison and two years and six months on licence. He will also be placed on the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely.