Walter Mitty call handler who pretended he was a paramedic to impress dates he met on Tinder convicted of sex attacks on three women

A WALTER Mitty medic who pretended he was a paramedic to impress women he met on Tinder before raping and sexually assaulting them has been convicted of a string of offences. Jamie Kadolski, 24, was an ambulance call handler and first responder who wore his NHS uniform on his dating app profile photo He concealed his junior role when he met women by placing stickers over personal information on his ID card and instead claimed he saved lives on ambulances His offending came to light in November 2023 when a woman contacted police to make an allegation against him but he continued to commit offences against other women while on bail Ambulances queued outside of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital - where Kadolski also worked Attacks were carried out at a victim’s flat, in his own home in Norwich, Norfolk, and in his car after driving a victim to an isolated spot at Hempton, near Fakenham. Attacks were carried out at a victim’s flat, in his own home in Norwich, Norfolk, and in his car after driving a victim to an isolated spot at Hempton, near Fakenham In a police interview, the fantasist – who said he was looking for ‘short-term fun’ on Tinder - told officers he wouldn’t have been capable of pinning someone down as he had suffered sexual abuse as a child Kadolski also worked as a healthcare assistant at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital The 24-year-old pretended he was a paramedic to impress women he met on Tinder ‘I had to push his hand away, get up and do up my shorts,’ she said. Kadolski was convicted of three rapes, two counts of assault by penetration and a sexual assault against the first victim The jury at Norwich Crown Court also convicted him of sexual assault and assault by penetration against two other victims The judge said: ‘He seemed to be displaying traits of a personality disorder which I think needs to be carefully considered by an appropriate clinician.’ Kadolski, who resigned from the East of England Ambulance Service, had faced further charges of raping a woman while she slept and false imprisonment of a woman who said she was locked in a bathroom. ‘I don’t underestimate the strength it takes to report sexual offences – but today’s verdict shows we do take these reports seriously and that we are dedicated to bringing predatory and remorseless offenders like Kadolski before the courts.’ EEAS paramedic Andrew Wheeler, 46, was jailed for 21 years in 2021 after being convicted of sex attacks against two women and a girl.