Pawel Pazola, 51, from Crawley, west Sussex, has been jailed for 14 years after pretending to be a police officer with a fake gun and badge to rape two Brazilian prostitutes
A rapist who pretended to be a police officer with a fake gun and badge was today jailed for 14 years for sex attacks on prostitutes.
Pawel Pazola, 51, from Crawley, west Sussex, used the gun to subdue the two Brazilian victims while raping them.
He was sentenced for for two counts of rape, one count of robbery, one count of impersonating a police officer and one count of possession of an imitation firearm.
His victims were two sex workers who were in London at the time of the attacks in 2020.
The sentencing at Wood Green Crown Court came after he was found guilty of all charges on September 2 following a trial that lasted two weeks.
During the trial, the court heard details about how Pazola first contacted his victims via an online escort service.
He raped the first victim on August 7 last year after meeting her at an address in Camden, where he forced her to engage in sexual acts beyond what they had agreed.
The second rape took place on August 22, 2020, in Bayswater, Westminster. Again, Pazola used force to get the victim to carry out sex acts that she had not agreed to.
On both occasions, Pazola pretended to be a police officer and threatened to deport the victims if they didn't comply.
In the second attack, he even produced a fake police badge and fake gun.
After raping the victims, he took back the money he had initially paid them. He also stole additional money from his second victim.
This fake gun was found in Pazola's home during a police search. He used it to subdue his victims
The first victim
