A disgraced police officer has been discovered responsible of rape and sentenced to 10 years behind bars.
Ben Lister, 35, was convicted at courtroom following a week-long trial which heard how he attacked the girl after an evening out, dragged her off a settee as she was sleeping and raped her.
The jury at Bradford Crown Courtroom heard how the following morning Lister messaged the girl and even lied to her when she requested whether or not or not they'd slept collectively. She went on to have his child, Yorkshire Reside reviews.
Lister advised her how they "did some stuff" however "did not go that far".
All through the trial, he claimed that he lied to the girl as he hoped to get again with a former associate and that each one sexual exercise between him and the girl had been consensual.
Prosecutor Richard Woolfall advised the jury on Monday throughout his opening speech the girl was "paralytic" and couldn't consent to any sexual exercise with Lister.
He stated the assault occurred following an evening out in 2016 and Lister "took benefit of her".
The prosecutor added: "Every went to sleep on separate sofas and in some unspecified time in the future engaged in sexual exercise in sexual exercise.
"She is evident that she did not comply with it and didn't consent to it. She wasn't in any match state as a result of great amount she needed to drink and she or he wasn't capable of consent. He awakened from her and started to have intercourse together with her.
"The primary recollection she has after she went to sleep was being dragged off the couch onto the ground. She had durations the place she drifted out and in of consciousness and she or he solely remembers elements - transient snapshots - of what occurred."
The jury heard the girl tried to "push" Lister's arms away from her as he touched her intimately.
In a harrowing video interview performed to the courtroom, the girl tearfully advised how she may keep in mind Lister "repositioning" her and at one level when he was behind her she may really feel him "respiration down her neck".
In the course of the interview, the girl stated she observed Lister was being "bizarre" together with her in the course of the course of the night and stated: "He was coming nearer to me within the membership. Wherever I used to be, he was all the time there. I did not take a look at him that manner. I did not discover him enticing. I did drink fairly a bit and he was simply being a bit bizarre in the direction of me."
The girl went on to have a child which she "knew" was Lister's. DNA from Lister when he was arrested in January 2020 proved he was the daddy.
She advised police when she checked out her daughter she noticed Lister's face.
She added: "I had a extremely unhealthy bond together with her. I simply noticed his face each time I checked out her, and I nonetheless do. When individuals requested who her dad was, I simply stated my ex-boyfriend. I did not need individuals to know. I used to be disgusted."
His Honour Choose Jonathan Rose sentenced Lister to 10 years imprisonment for rape and 4 years imprisonment for assault by penetration, which is to be served concurrently, making a complete sentence of ten years.
He'll serve as much as half of his sentence in jail earlier than being launched on licence. He may also be positioned on the Intercourse Offenders' Register indefinitely.
Lister has been an officer with West Yorkshire Police for 14 years however was suspended from the pressure following the accusations.
Detective Superintendent Mark Lengthy of West Yorkshire Police’s Skilled Requirements Directorate stated after Lister's sentencing: “I wish to reward the bravery and braveness of the sufferer who got here ahead on this case. I hope this conviction demonstrates that nobody is above the legislation.
“I might encourage anybody who has any related issues to come back ahead and report them, they will have the boldness that we are going to examine and can take motion. I've little doubt that the intense felony behaviour of one among our officers will go away colleagues as horrified as I'm.
“West Yorkshire Police expects the best requirements of conduct and behavior from its officers, whether or not they're on or off obligation. This officer’s actions fell far beneath these requirements.
“It's a privilege to work for West Yorkshire Police and the overwhelming majority of law enforcement officials, PCSOs and police workers recognise this.
“They work tirelessly to guard and serve the communities of this county and to safeguard weak victims. Now we have all been let down by this officer.
“He nonetheless faces a misconduct case and we can be taking motion to make sure our procedures can be concluded on the earliest alternative.”
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