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A pervert hypnotist who tried to turn a married mum into his sex slave during a “weight-loss” session was jailed today.

War hero and self-taught therapist Timothy Porter made his patient fondle her breasts as he performed a sex act on himself while her three children slept upstairs.

Jonathan Walker, prosecuting, told the court: “The defendant stated he was her master, she was his sexual slave.”

When his victim was roused from hypnosis, she found him with his trousers down telling her to touch herself.

She rang a friend, the police were called and Porter, of Blackburn, Lancashire, was arrested.

Teesside Crown Court heard how the woman had declined his offer on previous occasions to use hypnotherapy to achieve more intense orgasms.

At the time of the offence last December, Porter, 40, was based at RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire, but was due to leave after 24 years’ service.

His barrister Jon Gregg said that while serving his country he had been involved in a number of conflicts.

He added: “This is an almighty blight on his character.”

The court heard how his victim now suffers from insomnia and panic attacks.

The judge, Recorder Tim Gittins, told him: “You ought to realise the devastating effect it has had on her.”

Porter admitted causing a person to engage in sexual activity.

He was jailed for 18 months and placed on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years.

* How our sister website the Evening Chronicle is reporting the story.