A man who pretended to be a paramedic has been found guilty of raping several women he met on an online dating site.

Jamie Kadolski, 24, of Ladysmith Road, Norwich, was found guilty of nine offenses over a period of 18 months.

During the trial at Norwich Crown Court, he denied the allegations made by four different women he met on Tinder.

The court previously heard how the former ambulance dispatcher told the women he was a paramedic and used stickers to hide his real role on his service ID card.

Kadolski worked as a call manager for the East of England Ambulance Service.

The prosecution told the jury that he he used stickers to hide his more junior roleso he could pretend to the women he met that he was a paramedic.

Kadolski was charged with 15 sex offences, but on two counts the jury was told he had no case to answer.

He was found guilty of three counts of rape and six counts of sexual assault. He was acquitted of two counts of rape and two other assaults.

The jury previously heard that when questioned by officers he said he would not be able to catch someone because he had been “sexually abused as a child”.

The jury heard that Kadolski had three interviews with police and when asked by officers if there had been any altercations with one of the complainants, he said no.

He said he remembered crying once and telling officers, “I’m not the best with empathy or sympathy.”