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Sam Grigg, 36, who was sacked from the Met after being charged, previously pleaded guilty at Kingston Crown Court to false imprisonment and assault against Natasha Rabinowitz, who was then 23.
During his sentencing at the same court, Judge Peter Lodder KC said Grigg had “an obsession with BDSM”, adding that he told his ex-girlfriend his police handcuffs “had come in useful” for it.
Three pairs of handcuffs and police-issue batons were among the items found in Grigg’s bedroom by officers, along with horror film Better Watch Out, which depicts a woman bound in rope with duct tape over her mouth.
Judge Lodder sentenced Grigg to four years in jail for inflicting “10 minutes of terror” on Ms Rabinowitz, followed by two years on licence.
“Ten minutes with duct tape over your mouth without knowing what’s going to happen to you must feel like an eternity,” he said.
BDSM is an umbrella term that covers bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism and relates to a range of sexual preferences involving control and pain.
He summarised how Grigg approached Ms Rabinowitz in the kitchen of the “large townhouse” they shared in Twickenham, south-east London, while their other flatmates were out, on December 2 last year.
The former officer, wearing a navy blue suit and tie, appeared emotionless as Judge Lodder described how he had duct-taped Ms Rabinowitz’s hands and feet and “smiled” as he watched her struggle to escape.
“She repeatedly asked ‘why are you doing this’ and you replied that it was funny,” the judge said. “It was very clear that she did not agree but you persisted.
“Although she continued to struggle, you became more forceful… You overcame her continuing resistance by sitting over the top of her as you then put duct tape over her mouth.
“She was terrified – you rendered her almost completely helpless.”
After Ms Rabinowitz said she would report him, Grigg told her:…
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