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Four people accused of using a police helicopter to film naked sunbathers and people having sex have been cleared of misconduct. Four members of a police helicopter crew accused of filming naked sunbathers and a couple having sex have been cleared of misconduct charges.
South Yorkshire Police officers Matthew Lucas, 42 and Lee Walls, 47, and pilots Matthew Loosemore, 45 and Malcolm Reeves, 64, had all denied misconduct in a public office. South Yorkshire Police officers Matthew Lucas, 42 and Lee Walls, 47, and pilots Matthew Loosemore, 45 and Malcolm Reeves, 64, were charged after another officer shot the footage.
They were acquitted following a trial at Sheffield Crown Court. They were acquitted following a three week trial at Sheffield Crown Court.
A fifth man, Adrian Pogmore, 50, had admitted misconduct in a public office. PC Adrian Pogmore, 50, had admitted misconduct in a public office.
During the trial, the court heard a couple sitting naked by a caravan were filmed in July 2008, while the aircraft also filmed a garden where a woman was sunbathing naked with her daughters in 2007.
The footage also showed a couple having sex on their patio in July 2008 and at one point, the naked woman waved at the aircraft.
The defendants had blamed Pogmore, of Guilthwaite Crescent in Whiston, Rotherham, for the filming.
They insisted they were not aware what he was filming and he was the only person who was present on each of the four occasions the recordings were made.
Pogmore was described by the prosecution as "a swinging and sex-obsessed air observer" who knew the couple he filmed having sex.
All of the people filmed by Pogmore, with the exception of the couple having sex, gave statements saying they felt their privacy had been invaded.
Mr Reeves, of Farfield Avenue in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, had denied two counts of misconduct in a public office and Mr Loosemore, of Briar Close in Auckley, Doncaster, denied one count.
Mr Walls, of Southlands Way in Aston, Sheffield, denied one count while Mr Lucas, of Coppice Rise in Chapeltown, Sheffield, also denied three counts.
Pogmore, who was sacked by the force, will be sentenced on Tuesday.