A CORRUPT policewoman who leaked confidential intelligence to drug dealers she was having sex with has been jailed for three years.
WPC Rebecca Swanston was warned about her relationships with criminals
WPC Rebecca Swanston, 28, sabotaged her force’s investigations and stopped them catching the men “heavily involved” in class A drug supply, Winchester Crown Court heard.
The Hampshire officer even allowed one dealer to leave a “massive bag” of crack cocaine and heroin on a table in her house.
She was warned about her relationships with criminals after a photograph of her with one was spotted on a website.
Hampshire Constabulary launched an anti-corruption probe into her behaviour and installed a listening device at her home in Southampton.
The WPC was jailed for three years after sabotaging her force's investigationsSwanston’s corrupt behaviour and reckless associations with criminals went utterly against the values of honesty and integrity required of her as a police officer
It recorded her discussing police operations with the criminals – as well as having sex with some of them.
Swanston, who was based at Southampton central police station, was arrested during a raid on her house on October 18 last year.
Jailing her yesterday, Judge Jane Miller, QC, said: “You embarked on a course of self-destructive behaviour, starting relationships with not just one man known to be a criminal but four different men.
“Once in these relationships, you started on a course of criminal behaviour yourself.
“Your offences have damaged police operations.”
Detective Superintendent Colin Smith, head of Hampshire Constabulary’s professional standards department, said: “Swanston’s corrupt behaviour and reckless associations with criminals went utterly against the values of honesty and integrity required of her as a police officer.”
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