Locations
Widey View, Plymouth, Devon, PL3
Description
A detective who worked in a child abuse investigation unit has been jailed for abusing a young girl and making "gruesome" indecent images.
Det Con Chris Maitland, of Widey View, Plymouth, had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually touching a child under the age of 13.
He also admitted 12 charges of taking and making indecent images of a child.
The 40-year-old was jailed for five years and four months at Southwark Crown Court.
He is employed in the Met's sexual offences, exploitation and child abuse command.
Maitland was originally arrested on 22 November last year on suspicion of possession and distribution of indecent images of children.
He was re-arrested on 15 March on suspicion of sexual touching, and later charged.
Scotland Yard said he was off duty at the time of the offences and is currently suspended.
When he pleaded guilty, Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith referred to the material on his computer as "pretty gruesome".