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| Helicopter sex film police crew cleared of misconduct | Helicopter sex film police crew cleared of misconduct |
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| Four members of a police helicopter crew accused of filming naked sunbathers and a couple having sex have been cleared of misconduct charges. | 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, were charged after another officer shot the footage. | 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 three week trial at Sheffield Crown Court. | They were acquitted following a three week trial at Sheffield Crown Court. |
| PC Adrian Pogmore, 50, had admitted misconduct in a public office. | PC Adrian Pogmore, 50, had admitted misconduct in a public office. |
| Helicopter film policeman 'sex-obsessed' | |
| 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. | 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 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 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. | 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 in 2015 following an internal misconduct investigation, will be sentenced on Tuesday. | |
| Following the case, a spokesman for South Yorkshire Police said: "Notwithstanding today's verdicts concerning the four defendants who were acquitted, we will now continue with misconduct proceedings internally against the other South Yorkshire Police officers." |