TWO teenage girls became the terrified victims when Russell Miller twice turned his fantasies into horrifying reality.

The first victim, said Cairns Nelson, prosecuting at Maidstone Crown Court, was taking a short cut to her boyfriend’s home on the morning of September 17, 2004, when she saw Miller jogging ahead of her.

He suddenly ran at her, near woods in North Dane Way, Lordswood, Chatham, and pushed her into some trees. She fell, cutting her arm and grazing her shoulder.

Miller, 36, who was a police custody nurse at the time of the offences, stood over her with a kitchen knife. He ordered her to stop screaming and dragged her into the woods by her wrist.

The 18-year-old student pleaded with him not to hurt her. He replied: “I don’t want to hurt you, I just want to touch your breast.”

He stood behind her, lifted her T-shirt and told her to look to the ground. He then indecently assaulted her.

Miller, of Chamberlain Road, Luton, Chatham, told her to pull down her trousers and then indecently assaulted her further. He ordered her to walk 10 paces forward and not turn around. She ran away and called the police.

Her attacker could not be identified at the time and on June 22, last year, he struck again.

Mr Nelson said a 17-year-old waitress was on her way to work in the late afternoon, walking with her boyfriend.

He returned home and she continued alone. As she entered a secluded pathway, she saw a man jogging. Miller went up behind her and held a knife to her throat, warning: “If you scream or shout, I will kill you.

“Naturally, she was petrified,” said Mr Nelson. “He had a roll of Sellotape in his hand. She feared the worst. He ordered her to dispose of her mobile phone.

“He repeatedly said: 'Don’t look at me, look forward’. She felt the jagged edge of the knife at her throat. He was calm and not agitated. He walked her to some steps and asked her: 'If anyone stops us, what do you say?’ She replied: 'You are my friend’.”

When she became aware he no longer had the knife at her throat, she kicked off her sandals and ran. She flagged down a car and the police were called.

Three days later, Miller went to Chatham police station and told the front counter officer: “I was the person that abducted the young girl on North Dane Way.”

Miller admitted two charges of kidnap, sexual assault and committing an offence with intent to commit sexual assault.

The court heard Miller had convictions for common assault and criminal damage, after he threatened to kill his girlfriend with a knife.

Doctors described him as having an abnormal personality with sadistic fantasies. He told them how he 'wanted to mutilate victims and drink their blood’.

Det Sgt Mike Worrell said he was “satisfied” with the sentence. He added: “I would like to pay tribute to the two victims left traumatised by these incidents.

“Both have demonstrated huge courage in reporting them. “Hopefully, they can rebuild their lives.”

Cristin Cartwright, defending, said Miller realised he was a risk to the public if he slipped back into the fantasy world that dominated his mind from time to time.

“The facts of these offences are plainly nightmarish and chilling,” he added. “He wishes it to be known he is full of regret, sorrow and remorse that he behaved in such an appalling way.”

Judge Warwick McKinnon told Miller: “It is clear you are a danger to women and likely to be in the forseeable future.”

Passing a life sentence, the judge said the 36-year-old would have to serve four years and 66 days before being considered for parole. “If you are ever released, it will be on terms that you are subject to licence for the rest of your life,” he said.

Kent Police say Miller was vetted by the force and the process revealed he was a man of previous good character and had no criminal convictions.

A spokesman said: “Miller was employed by Kent police as a custody nurse in May 2004.

“He was suspended from his job after being arrested for an unrelated incident of domestic violence in November the same year. He was later dismissed from the force on a disciplinary matter.

“Kent police expects all of its officers and staff to uphold the law and set an exemplary standard of conduct.”

After his arrest in November, 2004, Miller was suspended and he never returned to his post.