A former police officer who told a woman "if I'm going down, I'm going down for something good" has been found guilty of attacking her.

Jason Corley, 42, who had been based at Sizewell in Suffolk working for the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC), was convicted of the assault following a trial at Norwich Crown Court.

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Corley, of Oaklands, Framingham Earl, near Poringland, had been accused of four offences against the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, including two counts of causing actual bodily harm and rape.

On Friday (July 7) afternoon after five-and-a-quarter hours of deliberations the jury of seven men and five women returned a guilty verdict on one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm on September 26, 2020.

Corley was found not guilty of the other charges he faced, including rape and assault occasioning actual bodily harm on September 12, 2020.

Judge Andrew Shaw adjourned sentence until September 18 in order that a pre-sentence report can be carried out.

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But Judge Shaw warned Corley he could not let him know what the sentence would be and said "all options are open, including immediate custody".

The trial, which started on June 26, heard from Andrew Thompson, prosecuting, that in the assault on September 26, 2020 Corley had got "very angry".

Mr Thompson told jurors that Corley "grabbed her throat" and "strangled" her during the attack.

At one point during the incident, in which she suffered bruising to her ear, he grabbed a knife and said "If I'm going down, I'm going down for something good".

Giving evidence during the trial, Corley, who was represented by his defence barrister Michael Clare, denied having committed the offences.

He told jurors the allegations against him were "not true" and "didn't happen".

Corley was granted bail until sentencing.