A police officer has been jailed for 26 years for raping and sexually assaulting a toddler.
DC Stephen Hardy of Higher Manchester Police (GMP) used his teenage sufferer as a “puppet or intercourse object”, Choose Robert Trevor-Jones stated throughout his sentencing on Wednesday.
The 46-year-old was discovered responsible of 20 offences, together with six of rape, following a trial at Liverpool Crown Courtroom.
Choose Trevor-Jones stated: “You will have by no means proven one iota of regret on your behaviour.
“The indictment displays a extremely calculated and cynical course of grooming behaviour.”
He described the detective constable as having a “devious” persona with a “sinister streak”.
He added: “You will have been a long-serving police officer. That could be a profession which can now inevitably finish.
“You’ll have been nicely conscious of the widespread and lasting trauma that victims of sexual abuse endure and but you gave no thought to that and that’s an aggravating issue.”
The choose stated he thought of the defendant to be harmful and sentenced him to an prolonged licence interval of six years.
Vanessa Thomson, prosecuting, stated the sufferer, who was in court docket with members of her household in the course of the listening to, reported the abuse to police in 2020.
She described the defendant as “a controlling and manipulative man”.
In an announcement which was learn to the court docket, the sufferer stated she was unsure she would ever have the ability to absolutely belief members of legislation enforcement.
She stated: “I keep a deep concern of authority figures, regardless of overcoming that concern to report these crimes. His place within the Higher Manchester Police power has deeply affected me.”
She stated the abuse had completely affected her psychological well being and left her scared for her future.
Laura Nash, defending, stated Hardy continued to disclaim all of the offences and that he would “inevitably” discover his jail sentence “more durable than most” as a result of he was a police officer.
A lady stated “love you” as Hardy, carrying a gray swimsuit, was taken down from the dock.
Following Hardy’s conviction in July, GMP stated he was suspended from obligation and would face disciplinary proceedings.
Head of the power’s Skilled Requirements Department Detective Chief Superintendent Mike Allen stated: “Given Hardy contested the indictment he confronted on the crown court docket, we have been unable to proceed with listening to such issues throughout the regulated police disciplinary system. He was nonetheless suspended from GMP.
“Now that Hardy has been convicted, he’ll face disciplinary proceedings, and because the public would rightly anticipate, he is not going to be paid a wage by GMP in the course of the time it takes for his case to be heard.”
