It was revealed yesterday that a PC took photos at a crime scene and also confessed to extreme pornography.
Ryan Connolly (37), had his cell phone seized in a separate anti-corruption police investigation. This was conducted last February.
The probe led to the discovery of ‘deplorable’ racist, homophobic and offensive images and extreme pornographic content.
That led to a tribunal hearing over pictures he’d taken at work and criminal charges over the pornography.
The content included ‘an act which threatened a person’s life’ and sex with animals.
He pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing the ‘grossly offensive’ pornography at Manchester Crown Court last month.
If he’s sentenced within a fortnight, he could face up to three year imprisonment
However, yesterday’s questions focused on Connolly not being charged with any offense related to the murder scene selfies.
Ryan Connolly, 37, pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing the ‘grossly offensive’ pornography at Manchester Crown Court (pictured) last month
West Midlands Police Officer found dead after being released from jail for assault
Within weeks of his release, a prisoner for attacking members of the general public on duty while in police custody was discovered dead.
Declan Jones (age 30, was reported to have been discovered by his parents at a Bromsgrove address, Worcestershire on Tuesday.
After he was found guilty of attacking 44-year-old cyclist Michael Rose during a stop and seek, the West Midlands Police officer was fired. Jones then attacked the 15-year old boy who he stopped. Both of the victims were black.
Declan Jones has been found dead after he was caught on camera attacking members of the public.
For the April 2013 offences, he was sentenced to 26 weeks in prison. After being released from jail a fortnight earlier, he faced a new trial. He was accused of inflicting actual bodily harm on Trevaile Wyse (also black), which he had also committed.
The West Mercia Police stated that they didn’t believe that a third person was responsible for the death.
After documents related to his misconduct hearing were published to the newspaper, public information about his behavior was also made available to him.
This is despite guidelines from the college of policing that media outlets should know when officers are charged with possible crimes while on duty.
Connolly was a member of the force from January 2003, but his misconduct began in 2014, according to Merseyside police.
His mobile phone contained racist photos, including pictures of Muslims and Ku Klux Klan members.
He also took a picture of a fellow officer’s bottom and sent others that mocked disabled people.
While on duty in October 2015, he snapped a picture of someone who had slashed him wrists and shared it via WhatsApp.
He sent another graphic homophobic picture a year later and took separate photographs of two people in hospital detained under Mental Health Act.
These photos, which were not containing images of the teenager victim but taken at the crime scene in 2018, are the most offensive.
Connolly resigned from the police ahead of last month’s misconduct hearing and was later barred from ever rejoining the ranks.
Vinny Tomlinson, former chairman of Merseyside’s Black Police Association, attended the hearing.
He told The Guardian Connolly’s conduct was ‘on an almost industrial scale’ and ‘the worst he could recall’.
It is an echo of the case against the Metropolitan police officers, who were using their smartphones to photograph the spot where Nicole Smallman was murdered by sisters Bibaa and Henry.
Jamie Lewis and Deniz Jaffer, who admitted misconduct in public offices, were sentenced this month. Connolly’s phone was seized during a separate probe in February last year.
In the beginning, he was charged with perverting a course of justice for an alleged false accusation that he had been attacked and also misused a police computer.
Along with another officer, he was charged with misconduct in public office for failing to warn colleagues about a possible gun attack.
These charges were dropped and the files allowed him to admit that he had committed extreme porn offenses.
Merseyside police insisted they were still reviewing the material found on Connolly’s phone to see if any more criminal charges could be brought.