A former police officer who suffocated a woman and subjected her to controlling and coercive behaviour has been jailed for three and a half years.
Former Avon and Somerset PC Mitchell Curtis, 34, was previously found guilty by jurors of two counts of controlling and coercive behaviour, intentional suffocation, and criminal damage.
The offences occurred in South Gloucestershire and were committed while Curtis was off duty, police said.
Sentencing him at Gloucester Crown Court on Thursday, Judge Lawrie said Curtis was “deceitful” and his actions were that of “a bully”, while Assistant Chief Constable Joanne Hall described him as “a manipulative and violent offender”.He has been added to a national barred list so he can never work in policing or other law enforcement agencies again.
Following the sentencing, Assistant Chief Constable Joanne Hall said: “Mitchell Curtis is a manipulative and violent offender and he’s now facing the consequences of his criminal behaviour.
“The sentencing hearing gives us a further opportunity to emphasise how courageous the victim has been throughout.
“I hope the outcome of the judicial and misconduct proceedings show how seriously we take offences like this and that we’ll be relentless in our pursuit of the perpetrators of abuse.”
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