Mark Cranfield, a former Met and West Mercia Police constable, was jailed for eight months for harassing a revenge porn victim, keeping intimate images on his work phone, and sending inappropriate messages. Judge Kerry Maylin described his actions as a 'grave betrayal' of trust. The court heard Cranfield, who had an 'exemplary' career until 2018, made his attraction to the vulnerable woman obvious when she made a complaint, smirking as he told her 'I'm glad I got to see the pictures'. His misconduct came to light when his work phone was seized, revealing photos and videos of the woman. Cranfield denied any sexual interest and claimed he had deleted the images, but he was found guilty of two counts of misconduct in public office and accessing computer records without authorisation.
A former royal protection officer who harassed and messaged a revenge porn victim and kept intimate videos and naked images of her on his phone has been jailed for eight months. Former Met and West Mercia Police constable Mark Cranfield sent social media messages, including one discussing his sex life, to the highly vulnerable woman, a two-week trial was told.
Jailing the married 52-year-old at Birmingham Crown Court on Thursday, Judge Kerry Maylin described the offences as a “grave betrayal” of the woman’s trust in the police. Cranfield, who sent a friend request to the woman minutes after she left a police station where he had downloaded a video given to him as evidence, had an “exemplary” career until the misconduct began in 2018, the judge said.The woman had withdrawn her complaint and cut off contact with the police because Cranfield made her feel uncomfortable, the judge said. Judge Maylin told Cranfield, who appeared in the dock with his head bowed for much of his sentencing hearing: “She told this court that you seemed more interested in the content of the photos and the video of an intimate nature than in supporting (her) and investigating the allegations that she made. “You were exploring whether you could have an intimate relationship with her, be that in person or online.” The fact that the images had been forwarded by Cranfield to an unidentified phone number had had “a marked impact” on the victim, the judge said. She continued: “Misconduct in a public office committed by police officers is always a grave betrayal of trust.“You have now expressed remorse but I am afraid, doing my public duty, I cannot accede to the submission to suspend your sentence.”
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