A 'manipulative' police officer who had a sexual relationship with one woman he was assigned to help and groped another victim in her home has been jailed.
Alan Butler, 64, began an extra martial affair with the first woman as he bombarded her with calls between October 2015 and August 2017.
Butler served as an officer for Warwickshire Police for more than 30 years tackling kidnappings, robberies and sexual offences.
Warwick Crown Court heard that he preyed on a second vulnerable woman he was assigned to help in 2017 who claimed he used his position to 'groom' her.
Disgraced Butler, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire was found guilty of two charges of misconduct in a public office and was jailed for 18 months on Monday, October 4.
Judge Anthony Potter said: 'It would have been obvious to you that [the first woman] she was going through difficulties in her life.
Alan Butler, 64, (pictured) began an extra martial affair with the first woman as he bombarded her with calls between October 2015 and August 2017.
'I am quite satisfied you realised she was relying on you to a disproportionate extent.
'When she complains that you were manipulating her, I find that to be the case.'
Judge Potter said Butler used his position as a police officer to 'coerce' the second victim into kissing him.
He told Butler: 'She never gave you any indication that she wanted to have a relationship with you.
'You frequently visited her under the guise of pursuing your activities as a police officer, and you coerced her into kissing you on at least two occasions and allowing you to touch her bottom, something she was uncomfortable with.
'As she said, you saw an opportunity to manipulate her and pursue your own agenda, and you took it.
'Your offending has had a profound and deep-seated effect on both women.
'You had cynically made an assessment that if they were to complain, there was every chance their complaints would be disregarded.
'Not only must police
