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| Merseyside detective admits contacting victims for sexual purposes | Merseyside detective admits contacting victims for sexual purposes |
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| A detective has admitted contacting victims of crime for his own sexual purposes. | |
| Det Con Michael McMillan, 32, pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to five counts of misconduct in public office. | Det Con Michael McMillan, 32, pleaded guilty at Liverpool Crown Court to five counts of misconduct in public office. |
| The Merseyside Police officer contacted five women between June 2011 and June 2015 while working with the force's Family Crime Investigation Unit. | |
| McMillan, who is suspended from duty, was given bail and will be sentenced on 11 March at the same court. | |
| A psychiatric report has been ordered for that hearing. | |
| Judge Clement Goldstone QC said the Crown Prosecution Service had been "merciful" to allow two further charges involving witnesses to lie on file. | |
| He said it was difficult to see how McMillan's activities associated with those two charges, which the detective denied, did not also amount to misconduct in public office. | |
| David Temkin, defending, said McMillan, from Crosby, suffered from bi-polar disorder and had expressed suicidal thoughts. | |
| His actions are the subject of an investigation by Merseyside Police's anti-corruption unit, which has been managed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. | His actions are the subject of an investigation by Merseyside Police's anti-corruption unit, which has been managed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. |