The former PC was called ‘deceitful’ by the judge at his sentencing
Mitchell Curtis, 34.(Image: Avon & Somerset Police)
A former police officer described as “manipulative and violent” has been jailed for three and a half years.
PC Mitchell Curtis, 34, was sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court yesterday (Thursday, May 22).
Curtis was found guilty of two counts of controlling and coercive behaviour, intentional suffocation and criminal damage, following a trial.
The offences took place in South Gloucestershire and were committed whilst Curtis was off-duty.
At the sentencing hearing, Judge Lawrie said Curtis’ behaviour was “deceitful” and his conduct and actions were that of “a bully”.
He said Curtis had made the victim feel she wouldn’t be taken seriously if she were to report him, and the judge went onto praise her courage.
At an accelerated misconduct hearing in February, the former police officer was found to have committed gross misconduct and would have been dismissed from the police force if he hadn’t already resigned.
He was added to a national barred list, meaning he can never work in policing or other law enforcement agencies again.
Assistant Chief Constable Joanne Hall, of Avon and Somerset Police, 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.”