Former investigator guilty of sexual misconduct has sentence doubled

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Former investigator guilty of sexual misconduct has sentence doubled

A former Warwickshire Police staff investigator who abused his position for sexual purposes has had his sentence doubled by the Court of Appeal.

Date - 1st December 2021
By - Chloe Livadeas

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Alan Butler, 65, worked in Nuneaton CID after he'd retired as an officer and then rejoined as a staff investigator. He entered into a relationship with a woman in 2015 while he was the lead investigator on a case in which she was the...

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