A former police officer who raped a teenage girl after visiting her home to check why she was absent from school has been jailed for 10 years.

Barry Grummett, 86, of Hathern, used a visit that should have been about her welfare to commit rape while they were alone in her Leicestershire home in 1977.

He returned on further occasions over an 18-month period, sexually assaulting her.

Grummett also indecently assaulted an adult woman at another address in the late 1970s while they were alone. He was not understood to have been on duty during that incident.

He served with Leicestershire Constabulary between September 1970 and October 1981.

His crimes were reported to Leicestershire Police in 2023. During a voluntary interview, he denied the allegations.

Following a trial, a jury found him guilty of one count of rape and three counts of indecent assault on 1 October.

He was sentenced at Leicester Crown Court on Friday, 9 October.

The teenage girl should have been safe when a police officer arrived to check on her. Instead, Grummett raped her and returned to commit further abuse.