I read in my local rag (the ever informative "Green Lanes Express"!!)
that the two month prison sentence imposed on two "civvy" police staff
has been reduced on appeal to a 12 month conditional discharge instead.
They're not on the web so here's an abridged quote:
"2 police employees who accessed sensitive information from computers at
Stoke Newington Police station have had their jail sentences
quashed.....
The Court of Appeal ruled last week .... That the case "did not pass the
custody threshold"......Mr Justice Stanley Burnton said the information
accessed related to her associates and friends.
....the appeal case was that her searches were motivated by curiosity,
she had not disclosed the information to anyone, and had not foreseen or
intended harm to the Metropolitan Police.
The pair, whose boyfriends had convictions for violence and
firearms-related offences, accessed police computer databases to carry
out checks on people, vehicle and crime reports. Since their
conviction, the Met has spent thousands of pounds reviewing internal
security"
Antoinette Carter
Data Protection Officer
Tel: 0207 389 4970
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