Former Met Police officer sentenced for voyeurism

Lee Hargrave was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on Wednesday

A former Metropolitan Police officer from Surrey will stay on the sex offenders register for life after admitting voyeurism and creating indecent images of a child.

Lee Hargrave, 49, of Egham, had installed a camera in a child's bedroom and bathroom, creating indecent images and footage.

Hargrave, who resigned last year, was charged following an investigation in 2023 relating to the victim, who was aged between 12 and 15 at the time.

At Guildford Crown Court on Wednesday, he was given a 13-month prison sentence for voyeurism alongside three months for the indecent images. Both sentences have been suspended for two years.

Hargrave, who pleaded guilty to two counts each of voyeurism and of making indecent images of a child, was also handed a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.

Furthermore, he is subject to an indefinite restraining order against the victim and her family.

Hargrave was originally charged with six offences but the CPS confirmed that no evidence was offered in respect of two of these.

An accelerated misconduct hearing found the former officer, who resigned from the Met Police in August 2024, would have been dismissed without notice had he still been a serving officer.

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