Stephen Hardy used his teenage victim as a ‘puppet or sex object’, the judge said during sentencing.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5071312

A police officer has been jailed for 26 years for 20 offences including multiple counts of rape and sexual assault on a child.

Stephen Hardy, 46, a detective constable with Greater Manchester Police (GMP), used his teenage victim as a “puppet or sex object”, Judge Robert Trevor-Jones said during his sentencing on Wednesday.

  • Drewfro66English
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    10 months ago

    I’ll be the devil’s advocate: some cops (in my experience, a small minority) are good people, but there is no such thing as a good cop. Being a cop is morally wrong and anti-worker.