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Police officer hounded women with thousands of texts and calls - 'abusing his position for sexual purposes'
02.04.2022 - 01:33 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A Greater Manchester Police officer has been jailed after he was revealed to be hounding two women he met in the course of his duties with thousands of calls and texts. The officer met one of the victims after he responded to a domestic violence incident.
Police Constable Julian Maynard, who was based in Oldham, pleaded guilty to two charges of misconduct in public office, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has said, following an investigation by the watchdog. The officer admitted the charges at Preston Crown Court in December 2021, and was sentenced to eight months in prison today (Friday).
After meeting two women who reported incidents to the police, he went on to 'abuse his position as a police officer for sexual purposes', said the IOPC. Maynard 'formed inappropriate relationships with them' and 'was found to have had excessive phone contact with the women during the course of his duties between November 2018 and April 2020'.
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Mobile phone data showed that Maynard made more than 1,000 outgoing communications, consisting of texts and phone calls, to one woman he met during the course of his duties in a 13-month billing period. After concerns were raised with the first woman, a further review of Maynard’s work phone identified a high number of contacts with a second woman.
The contact made to the second woman continued from November 2019 to April 2020, with a total of more than 1,900 outgoing communications being made. This occurred after the GMP officer attended a domestic violence incident in July 2019.
Contact was initiated three months after the investigation was closed and
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