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A man who tricked women into believing he was a paramedic before raping one and sexually assaulting two others has been jailed for 12 years.
24-year-old Jamie Kadolski of Norwich previously worked as a call handler for the East of England Ambulance Service but had lied to the three women that he was a paramedic.
He used stickers on his work ID card to hide his more junior role, an earlier trial at Norwich Crown Court was told.
He’s now been found guilty of three counts of rape and of six further sexual offences.
Judge Anthony Bate, sentencing at the same court on Thursday, said the offending happened between August 2022 and September 2023, when he met the women through Tinder.
He said the defendant ‘projected a misleading impression of your healthcare professional status through your misuse of uniforms, health service identity cards and related papers’.
‘Each of them expected to be safe in your company and able to enjoy a healthy and fulfilling future relationship based on mutual respect,’ he said.
He sentenced him to 12 years in prison with an extended licence period of three years, dubbing him a ‘dangerous offender’.
The judge also imposed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order, and ordered that Kadolski’s seized devices, uniforms and identity cards remain confiscated.
The woman who was raped by Kadolski cried in the witness stand as she said she felt ‘humiliated and ashamed’, and has nightmares almost every night.
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A second woman said she was a ‘shadow’ of her former self, and had tried to take her own life.
His third victim told the court that the ‘thought of what happened still haunts me today’.
Defending lawyer Michael Cohen said others would represent Mr Kadolski in an application for permission to appeal his convictions.
He said Kadolski had no previous convictions or cautions that were relevant to the case.
The defendant showed no emotion as he was led to the cells.
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