Wednesday 22 June 2022 03:20 PM Married police officer, 44, who tried to rape a woman in her home is jailed for ... trends now
A married police officer who tried to rape a woman in her home after using his warrant card to gain her trust has been jailed for five years.
Ernesto Ceraldi, 44, who has since resigned from Greater Manchester Police, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to attempted rape and assault occasioning actual bodily harm at an earlier hearing.
The court heard his victim was throttled, punched and had her hair pulled during the attack.
Ceraldi denied assaulting his victim in his police interview and claimed any sexual contact was consensual, but pleaded guilty at court.
David Traynor, prosecuting, said the dog handler met his victim in a pub on April 1, where he told her he was a police officer and showed her photos of his police dog.
Ernesto Ceraldi, 44, who has since resigned from Greater Manchester Police, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Wednesday after pleading guilty to attempted rape and assault occasioning actual bodily harm at an earlier hearing
The victim invited him back to her home in Rossendale, Lancashire, where they drank wine and engaged in consensual sexual activity, before sitting on the sofa and talking together.
Mr Traynor said the victim described a stage when the defendant's attitude 'changed all of a sudden' and he began to demand she perform a sexual act on him and grabbed her hair.
He pushed her against a wall, causing a picture to fall and smash, and put his hand around her throat, the court heard.
Mr Traynor said: 'The pressure was horrific, she nearly stopped breathing.'
He said Ceraldi repeatedly punched her and there was a struggle before she ran to the back door and escaped, being pursued by the defendant who
