A police officer abused his position by using vulnerable women who had reported domestic abuse for his own sexual gratification.
Adam Hoyle 'exploited' four separate women while working for Merseyside Police. The women had come forward to the force looking for help after suffering domestic abuse.
But the officer instead began intimate relationships with the women, the Liverpool Echo reports. One complainant was even 'groped' by him in a police station.
The 39-year-old was unanimously convicted of two counts of misconduct in a public office and two charges of unauthorised access to a police computer by a jury at Liverpool Crown Court, although he was cleared of a third. READ MORE: Manager stole over £7k from popular Didsbury pub before confessing to police 'I've spent it' READ MORE: The top stories across the M.E.N.
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