A former police radio dispatcher who raped, sexually assaulted and strangled a woman has been jailed for seven years — after trying to use his police job to discourage her from reporting him.

Harry Blumire, 24, from Kettering, told the victim she would not be believed if she came forward

But the woman reported his offending and gave evidence against him.

Following a nine-day trial at Leicester Crown Court, Blumire was convicted of rape, sexual assault, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and intentional strangulation. He had denied the charges.

The offences were committed against a woman in her 20s between August 2023 and May 2024, while Blumire was off duty in Northamptonshire.

Blumire was sentenced on 7th October 2026 to seven years for rape.

He also received 24 months for sexual assault, nine months for actual bodily harm and 18 months for intentional strangulation.

Those sentences run concurrently, meaning his total prison term is seven years

He had been working in Bedfordshire Police’s control room for less than a year when the allegations emerged.

Following his arrest in June 2024, the force immediately suspended him and dismissed him that September.