Harris [2018] EWCA Crim 2002; [2019] 1 Cr.App.R.(S). 18, CA.

The defendant was a police officer sentenced to 2 years’ imprisonment for misconduct in public office with shorter concurrent sentences for the offences concerning possession and making of indecent photos. In his role as Sexual Offences Liaison Officer he met a victim of rape, accessed her email and Facebook account and downloaded images of her, including one of her in school uniform,“because he found her attractive”. He admitted in interview that he had accessed pages of other victims and saved their images.  The Court of Appeal described the misconduct as planned, manipulative and serious, invading privacy at a time of great vulnerability. The appeal against sentence was dismissed.