The paedophile Greater Manchester Police officer caught by his colleagues

A serving Greater Manchester Police officer has been jailed after being caught possessing hundreds of indecent images of children. Mark Rosebury, 38, was found with the sick images after devices were seized from his home and searched.

It followed an investigation into possession and distribution of indecent images of children by Lancashire Police's online child abuse investigation team. Rosebury, of Earnshaw Road, Bacup, was arrested at his home in May last year.

He was also suspended by GMP. Rosebury appeared at Preston Crown Court on Wednesday (September 4) for sentence, having earlier pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children, one count of possessing extreme images, and one count of possessing a prohibited image of a child.

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He was jailed for 18 months, while GMP has now stopped his pay and a misconduct hearing will be brought forward to determine his future with the force. Detective Chief Superintendent Mike Allen, head of GMP’s Professional Standards Directorate, said: “The public rightly expects the highest professional standards from those who serve in the police, and it is clear that the actions of Mark Rosebury fall disgracefully below that.

"He should be appalled by his crimes and the impact his actions understandably have on the public’s confidence in the overwhelming majority of officers who are professional, decent, hard-working people who serve their communities day-in day-out. We have assisted our colleagues in Lancashire throughout this case to ensure that Rosebury is brought to justice for his crimes.

“Rosebury remains suspended from the