Face of crooked cop who fed intel to her criminal boyfriend for years

A police officer who was 'infatuated' with her secret criminal boyfriend has been jailed after she fed him secret police intel for years. PC Lorna Pennycook, 38, used her job to research information across different police systems and pass on her findings to partner Anthony Kennedy, 43, between 2017 and 2021.

Pennycook began her relationship with convicted criminal, Kennedy, after meeting him on a dating site in 2016. She provided Kennedy with data about him, his vehicles, his associates and crime statistics in the Sandwell area of the West Midlands.

Ironically, she even begged him not to break up with her when he threatened to end the relationship because it could be damaging to his reputation with criminal pals.

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Pennycook, who worked for West Midlands Police, told him it would be "advantageous" if they stayed together, she had “accepted everything” about him, and added: “You don’t choose who you love”.

A court heard Kennedy has 18 previous convictions for offences such as vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and possession of criminal property. Pennycock later sought information about two HGV thefts Kennedy was involved in on August 22, 2017 and October 26, 2017.

She searched systems for warrants and suspects, and viewed police logs for both thefts, which contained information about the investigations. She also carried out checks for outstanding warrants for Sandwell – where Kennedy lived – 42 times in four years compared with only a handful of checks for other areas she did not police.

The court heard the information provided Kennedy with an advantage and on some occasions the potential to impede active