'Don't knock a copper until you've tried one!': Married officer facing jail after sleeping with vulnerable domestic abuse victim and sexting another

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A 'predatory' police officer slept with a 'vulnerable' victim of crime just days after messaging her whilst on a course about sexual misconduct.

Darren Coathup, 39 then later asked the woman to take an STI test and posted money through her letterbox for it after he tested positive for Chlamydia, a court heard.

She was the second woman the married officer, who had 18 years of service, was found to have had inappropriate relations with.

He also exchanged pictures and videos with a reported domestic abuse victim, who he also asked to show him semi-naked pictures of her - which had been leaked online. READ MORE: Trio GUILTY of murder after hijacking dispute that had 'nothing to do with them' and killing 'wrong man' The now ex-Lancashire Police PC has been warned to 'prepare himself' for a prison sentence by a judge after admitting misconduct in public office.