Locations
Anlaby, East Riding, Hull, HU10
Description
A former detective constable who admitted having sexual activity with a woman - in the presence of her child - has been jailed.
Police in Bristol investigating a separate child exploitation case uncovered a man in Hull having conversations with an offender online.
Bristol Crown Court heard police were able to trace Paul Clayton, a former Humberside police officer, and establish a series of offences relating to him.
Clayton, 45, of Anlaby in East Riding, pleaded guilty to encouraging or assisting an offence to be committed, downloading and possessing child abuse images, sexual communication with a child, causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, sexual activity with a child and engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child.
A woman aged 43, who Bristol Live is not naming, pleaded guilty to two charges of distributing two photos of her child to Clayton, facilitating him having sexual activity with her child and engaging in sexual activity with him in the presence of her child.
Judge Martin Picton jailed Clayton for five years and the woman for 29 months.
The judge said: "These are really serious offences.
"The harm on the victims will be life-long."
Both defendants were handed Sexual Harm Prevention Orders designed to stop them reoffending.
They were both put on the Sex Offenders Register and were barred from working with children and vulnerable adults.
Bristol Crown Court heard Clayton tried to persuade a woman to send her an indecent photo of her ten-year-old daughter.
He also admitted downloading indecent images of children.
The court was told he had improper online conversations with a girl aged 14 online, had sexual activity with a younger girl in the form of a massage and engaged in sexual activity with a woman in the presence of her child.
The judge heard Clayton's co-defendant sent inappropriate photos of her child to Clayton and engaged in sexual activity with him in the presence of her child.