Norfolk man who sexually assaulted women he met on Tinder sentenced to 12 years in prison
Jamie Kadolski pretended to be a paramedic to lure women into meeting him over an 18 month period
Last updated 24th Apr 2025
A man from Norfolk found guilty of sexually assaulting women he met on an online dating app - has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Jamie Kadolski from Ladysmith Road in Norwich pretended to be a paramedic to lure women into meeting him over the space of a year and a half.
He was arrested on Wednesday April 17th and subsequently charged with two counts of sexual assault on a woman aged over 13 years old, and four counts of rape of a woman over 16, between 31 July 2022 and 14 January 2024.
The court heard how the 24-year-old met the women on Tinder and told them he was an ambulance worker, when he was actually a call handler.
Kadolski - who worked for the East of England Ambulance Service - went as far as putting stickers on his work ID to hide his more junior role.
He denied nine sexual offences - including rape - but was found guilty following a trial at Norfolk Crown Court, where he returned for sentencing today (24/04) where he was handed 12 years behind bars - and will serve a further 3 years in extended licence.
Norfolk Police has previously paid tribute to the courage of Kadolski's victims and strongly condemned his behaviour, dubbed "predatory and remorseless".
"Dangerous offender"
Judge Anthony Bate, sentencing at the same court on Thursday, said the offending happened between August 2022 and September 2023.
He said that Kadolski met all three women "through the Tinder online dating app".
He said the defendant "projected a misleading impression of your healthcare professional status through your misuse of uniforms, health service identity cards and related papers".
"Each of them expected to be safe in your company and able to enjoy a healthy and fulfilling future relationship based on mutual respect," he said.
The judge described Kadolski as a "dangerous offender".
The judge also imposed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order, and ordered that Kadolski's seized devices, uniforms and identity cards remain confiscated.
The three women read their victim impact statements at the sentencing hearing.
The woman who was raped by Kadolski said she felt "humiliated and ashamed".
She said that "almost every night" she had "nightmares that he's come into my house", before wiping tears from her eyes as she stood in the witness box.
The woman said that seeing an "ambulance or paramedics in the street fills me with dread", although she had since learned that Kadolski was not a paramedic.
A second woman said she was a "shadow of who I once was" and that she had tried to take her own life.
His third victim told the court that the "thought of what happened still haunts me today".
Michael Cohen, for the defendant, said that "others are representing Mr Kadolski in an application for permission to appeal" against the convictions.
He said Kadolski had no previous convictions or cautions that were relevant to the case.
The defendant showed no emotion as he was led to the cells.