South Yorkshire police officer jailed for blackmailing suspect
PC Marie Thompson sentenced to 40 months after posing as anonymous ‘paedophile hunter’ to extort £3,500A police officer who blackmailed a suspect she had arrested in an indecent images case to fund her gambling addiction has been jailed for more than three years.PC Marie Thompson was sentenced...
<p>PC Marie Thompson sentenced to 40 months after posing as anonymous ‘paedophile hunter’ to extort £3,500</p><p>A police officer who blackmailed a suspect she had arrested in an indecent images case to fund her gambling addiction has been jailed for more than three years.</p><p>PC Marie Thompson was sentenced to 40 months in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty in September to blackmail and perverting the course of justice.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/30/south-yorkshire-police-officer-jailed-for-blackmailing-suspect">Continue reading...</a>
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