Met Officer Jailed for Life After 10 Counts of Rape

A Metropolitan Police officer who kidnapped and raped a woman in September 2023—six years after a first complaint was made against him—has been jailed for life.

Former Metropolitan Police officer Cliff Mitchell, who has been convicted of a series of rapes in London, in an undated police photo. Metropolitan Police/PA

A man who kidnapped and raped a woman at knife point while serving as a Metropolitan Police officer has been jailed for life for a series of sexual assaults.

Following a trial at Croydon Crown Court, Cliff Mitchell, 24, was convicted of 10 counts of rape, three counts of rape of a child under 13, one count of kidnap, and a breach of a non-molestation order, all dating between 2014 and 2023.