Met officer jailed for rape and sexual assaults

A former Metropolitan Police officer with "a deep-seated need to control women" has been jailed for a series of rapes and sexual assaults.

Dion Arnold, of Camberley, a former police constable who worked on domestic abuse cases, was convicted in April of four counts of rape, two of sexual assault by penetration and two of sexual assault.

The court heard the 33-year-old raped one woman when she was asleep, choked another with a scarf until she lost consciousness, and told a further victim he wanted to role-play breaking into her house.

At Guildford Crown Court earlier, Judge Deborah Charles sentenced Arnold to 25 years in prison with an added eight years on licence.

Arnold used his status as a police officer to gain the trust of vulnerable women he met on dating apps and social media, then acted out his fantasies of non-consensual sex.

One woman told the court: "His job as a police officer appealed to me. It gave me a green light to trust him and meet him."

Arnold kept a list of more than 30 women on his phone, noting their medical conditions against their names.

One woman reported Arnold in March 2025 and following his arrest, an examination of his phone revealed the list.

It was then used to track down other victims.

Sentencing him on Monday, Charles said Arnold, who had worked as a Army reserves medic, had shown little remorse and harboured "deep levels of misogyny".

She told him: "You have a deep-seated need to control women."

She concluded he had targeted women once he realised they were vulnerable and less able to resist his sexual demands.

Turning to his use of his police status, the judge said: "I'm sure you told these women what you did for a living early on in order to ensure the women you offended against placed their trust in you."

Arnold was dismissed from the Met in the wake of his convictions.

He has also been placed on the sex offenders register for life and banned from contacting his victims.

Additional reporting by PA.

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