A Metropolitan Police officer who 'thought he was above the law' has been jailed for a vile campaign of abuse which included the rapes of two women.

Jake Cummings was a special constable in Dorset and then a police officer in London when he carried out 'extensive controlling, coercive behaviour' against three woman over a near five-year period.

The 26-year-old bombarded them with messages and isolated them from friends, family and colleagues.

Jurors heard there was further degradation and humiliation of the women he raped, who suffered severe psychological harm.

Cummings was jailed for a total of 16 years for ten offences today at St Albans Crown Court in Hertfordshire.