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A police officer who lied about acting as a 'paedophile hunter' in order to demand £3,500 from an indecent images suspect whom she had arrested has been jailed for more than three years.

Pc Marie Thompson, 29, was found to have posed as a 'paedophile hunter' to blackmail a man whom she arrested in October 2022 on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children.

Using a fake email address she demanded £3,500 from the man before later telling him she was unable to find the perpetrator of the email when he reported it to her.

On Thursday (October 30), Thompson was jailed for 40 months after pleading guilty to blackmail and perverting the course of justice.

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Leeds Crown Court heard Thompson was the officer in charge of a South

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