His actions have been described as 'abhorrent'
An ex-police officer has been jailed after trying to meet a child for sex at a KFC in Nottinghamshire. Former Northamptonshire officer Alex Foster had been engaging in "highly sexual online conversations and exchanges of images" with someone he believed was a 15-year-old girl.
It culminated in Foster being arrested by awaiting officers in the car park of Newark KFC on August 10. His mobile phone was seized, reports Northamptonshire Live.Foster, formerly of Tilbury Road, East Haddon, Northamptonshire, had been in a police safety training instructor role since 2013. He had also served in the Special Constabulary, rising to the post of inspector before resigning in 2021.
Foster admitted all three offences at a hearing in September and was sentenced on Thursday, November 17. Jailing him, Recorder James House KC told the defendant he was in a position of trust and his offences were bound to impact public perception. Speaking after the sentence, Detective Inspector Kim Jackson, from the force’s counter-corruption team, said: “We are pleased with the outcome which reflects the gravity of these appalling offences and follows an investigation by the team which, ultimately, uncovered someone who was seeking to have sexual relations with a child.
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