A corrupt police officer who abused his position to have sex with a domestic abuse victim and send an explicit image to another victim of crime has had his pension docked.
Darren Coathup was jailed for two years in February 2023 after he admitted misconduct in connection with the two women. Now Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw has punished the former East Lancs response officer further, by deducting 65 per cent of his pension for five years when he reaches pension age.
In 2021, Coathup visited a woman at her home after reports of a domestic incident. She described exchanging messages with him and those messages quickly became flirtatious and sexualised.
The victim described exchanging sexually explicit images with Coathup and later had sex with him. Upon arrest, Coathup's mobile phones were seized and examined, LancsLive reports. READ NEXT: Emergency services close road as woman hurt in three-car smash at busy junction This led to the identification of a second victim.