Craig Moffitt sparked an attempted murder investigation when he claimed a gunman confronted him at his home.
A former police officer who falsely claimed a masked man confronted him with a shotgun has been given a suspended prison sentence.Moffitt had claimed a woman told him a named man had "arranged to have him done in".
The 37-year-old, whose address was given as a PSNI station in Portadown, County Armagh, had said while at home he was confronted at his front door by a masked man with a shotgun in the early hours of the morning.An attempted murder investigation was immediately launched, during the early hours of 2 January 2020 in Kesh, which resulted in the arrest of a man, who was later released without charge.
"Your motivation is unclear but in seems likely you were somehow trying to impress or gain sympathy from a female colleague with whom you were in a relationship, although you deny that.”“The fact that this emanated from a police officer is highly significant and your actions were in breach of the duty of trust placed in you by our community.”
However, taking into consideration the immediate acceptance of guilt at court and Moffitt’s previously clear record, the judge said the16-month prison sentence he imposed could be suspended for three years. Separately, it emerged Moffitt had been leading an investigation into a case of perverting the course of justice at the time of the alleged incident.Family terrified as home targeted in racist attackPSNI treat racist graffiti on houses as hate crimesPolice received a report that a vacant house was on fire in the Magaluf Park area at about 02:30 BST.
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