PC found with images of young girl on phone jailed
Officers said Choudhury's behaviour was "reprehensible"
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A former police officer has been jailed after indecent images of a young girl were found on his phone during an anti-corruption investigation.
Lancashire Constabulary investigated Preston-based officer Mohammed Joel Choudhury in May 2023 and found images of the 16-year-old on his phone, alongside images of a vulnerable woman who had been a victim of crime.
Choudhury, 44, of Highbury Road East, St Annes, admitted making indecent images of a child and misconduct in a public office at Manchester Crown Court, where he was jailed for 16 months.
Det Ch Insp Pete Reil, of the force's anti-corruption unit, said Choudhury's behaviour was "completely reprehensible".
"It was not compatible with anyone who has the privilege of wearing a police uniform," he said.
The former officer was also made subject to a seven-year sexual harm prevention order.
He resigned from the force while under investigation earlier this year and was found guilty in an accelerated internal misconduct hearing in June.
The conviction means Choudhury will also be banned from working in law enforcement for life.
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