Married police officer started affair with vulnerable victim after she reported burglary

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Birmingham Live reports. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which carried out an investigation into his behaviour, said the sentence was a deterrent to other officers tempted to have a sexual relationship with victims.Birmingham crown court heard how Hathaway met the woman, who is in her 20s, in 2018 when she reported an attempted break-in at her address.Despite him being married to his second wife, they began an illicit affair .West Midlands Police received an anonymous tip-off about the relationship and Hathaway, from Kidderminster, resigned from the force early in 2020 after 12 years in the job.During the course of the IOPC investigation, it was discovered he was visiting the woman at her home while on late shifts.There.