Police officer given suspended jail sentence for accessing unauthorised information

A Cambridgeshire police detective has been given a suspended jail term for misusing a force computer.

By The Newsroom

Published 17th Feb 2016, 15:27 BST

Updated 18th Feb 2016, 09:59 BST

Cambridge Crown Court - News from the Peterborough Telegraph, peterboroughtoday.co.uk

Detective Sergeant Matt Swash, 41, based at March Police Station, admitted the offence at an earlier hearing.

A court heard the officer had accessed unauthorised information about a colleague on a police computer system.

Det Sgt Swash was today (February 17) sentenced to two months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to pay £250 costs at Cambridge Crown Court.

Det Sgt Swash remains suspended pending internal misconduct proceedings.

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