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Officer 'obsessed' with child sex Child sex officer gets 18 months
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A police Flying Squad officer has admitted in court trying to groom what he thought was a schoolgirl for sex over the internet. A Flying Squad detective who tried to groom a schoolgirl for sex over the internet has been jailed for 18 months at London's Southwark Crown Court.
Det Con Glenn Algar, 45, was "sexually and emotionally obsessed" with having sex with children, bombarding one girl with lurid emails and text messages.Det Con Glenn Algar, 45, was "sexually and emotionally obsessed" with having sex with children, bombarding one girl with lurid emails and text messages.
The supposed 12-year-old, however, was in fact a colleague working undercover. The supposed 12-year-old was in fact a colleague working undercover.
Algar, of Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, pleaded guilty, at Southwark Crown Court, to internet grooming offences. Algar, of Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, had pleaded guilty to internet grooming offences at a hearing in January.
The defendant is due to be sentenced later. Algar, a married father-of-two, admitted one charge of attempting to persuade an underage child to engage in sexual activity and 10 counts of trying to incite a child to view indecent material.
'Highly decorated''Highly decorated'
At a hearing in January Algar, a married father-of-two, admitted one charge of attempting to persuade an underage child to engage in sexual activity and 10 counts of trying to incite a child to view indecent material.
He also admitted six counts of making and possessing indecent images of children.He also admitted six counts of making and possessing indecent images of children.
"This is a highly decorated police officer who, after 26 years of service to the public, had found himself repeatedly commended by his senior officers," prosecutor Peter Zinner told the court. "This is a highly decorated police officer who, after 26 years of service to the public, had found himself repeatedly commended by his senior officers," prosecutor Peter Zinner told the court on Thursday.
The barrister called Algar's arrest at Colindale police station last year as a "rather spectacular fall from grace". The barrister called Algar's arrest at Colindale police station last year a "rather spectacular fall from grace".
The court heard police found a cache of hardcore child pornography in Algar's home.The court heard police found a cache of hardcore child pornography in Algar's home.
Some of the pictures were graded level five, the most severe grading given by police to an indecent image.Some of the pictures were graded level five, the most severe grading given by police to an indecent image.