Overview
- Nicholas Peel, 55, was sentenced Monday at Winchester Crown Court to nine years in prison.
- He also received a 10-year restraining order that bars contact with the victim and must stay on the sex offenders register for life.
- A Salisbury Crown Court jury on March 6 found him guilty of four rapes and an attempted rape against a woman in her 50s who knew him, for offences between 2015 and 2020.
- Peel served with Thames Valley Police from 1997 until retiring in December 2024 and was struck off last year for gross misconduct after abusing access to police radio channels.
- Detective Constable Jo Newbery said the victim’s testimony was key to the verdict and called on others affected by sexual violence to seek support and report offences.