A policeman on Viagra who sexually assaulted a woman 30 minutes after they met has been kicked out of the force.
PC Kane Haywood has been sacked from Devon and Cornwall Police after a jury found him guilty of sexual assault by penetration last month.
In March 2021, Haywood, 30, and the victim shared flirtatious messages on Instagram before meeting at her home in Exeter, Devon for the first time hours later.
But once inside, Haywood became ‘assertive and pushy’, Bristol Crown Court heard.
As the woman was getting ready to go out he followed her into the bedroom and started kissing her, Devon Live reports.
She attempted to push him away but he ignored her and put his hands inside her leggings and touched her intimately without her consent.
Haywood told her ‘not to tell your friends’ and referred to her as a ‘sex doll’, the court heard.
Haywood admitted to ‘popping a Bluey’ (slang for the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra)) before the incident and being aroused at the time.
He said he had wanted to perform with an attractive woman but denied arriving at the victim’s home for sex.
The woman, meanwhile, said she had made it clear she wanted to view a sunset at a beauty spot that evening.
Haywood told the court things had quickly progressed to sex. He said: ‘We were vibing and flirting. She was thoroughly enjoying it.’
The victim, however, said she felt ‘violated and unworthy’ and three years on finds intimacy difficult.
Haywood’s barrister David Maunder said: ‘He simply lost control of himself. He has learned a very hard lesson.’
At the end of his trial, Haywood was cleared of two counts of rape.
But he was convicted of one count of sexual assault by penetration and the judge jailed him for 12 months, suspended for 18 months.
He ordered him to pay £1,000 towards costs and placed him on the Sex Offenders’ register for ten years.
Haywood sobbed in the dock as the judge told him: ‘You have forfeited a worthy career.’
Devon and Cornwall Police has since held a disciplinary hearing in Exeter, which saw Haywood fired from the force and barred from all policing for life.
Deputy chief constable Dave Thorne said: ‘Kane Haywood’s actions were abhorrent and a total discredit to the police service.’
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