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A former Merseyside Police officer has been sentenced after being convicted of accessing police records without authorisation and disclosing personal data.

The court heard his actions involved contacts linked to criminality, while the judge said he had damaged public confidence in policing.
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00:00A former Merseyside police sergeant has been given a suspended jail sentence after accessing police records without authorisation and sharing
00:09personal data.
00:10Daniel Hughes, 40, was convicted of multiple offences linked to unauthorised access between 2016 and 2021.
00:18A court heard he became too close to people involved in serious criminality and used police systems to look up
00:25information.
00:25The judge said Hughes had shown courage as an officer, but his actions damaged public confidence in policing.
00:33He has been ordered to complete unpaid work and rehabilitation activity after receiving a 12-month sentence suspended for two
00:41years.
00:42Hughes must also pay fines.
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