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| A police officer has been convicted of passing confidential information to his cocaine-taking wife and her drug dealer in return for free drugs and money. | A police officer has been convicted of passing confidential information to his cocaine-taking wife and her drug dealer in return for free drugs and money. |
| Pc Mark Bohannan, passed on information that allowed Syed Imtiaz Ahmed to drug-deal "undetected and unpunished". | Pc Mark Bohannan, passed on information that allowed Syed Imtiaz Ahmed to drug-deal "undetected and unpunished". |
| The Metropolitan Police officer was found guilty at London's Southwark Crown Court of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office. | The Metropolitan Police officer was found guilty at London's Southwark Crown Court of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office. |
| Bohannan, from Bexleyheath, south London, will be sentenced on 12 March. | |
| His wife, Denise Bohannan was also found guilty of conspiracy to commit misconduct in a public office and will be sentenced on the same day. | |
| The couple, of Chapel Road, Bexleyheath, were both granted bail. | |
| Investigations 'compromised' | Investigations 'compromised' |
| Bohannan had been a field intelligence officer with the Met's Territorial Support Group, in Catford, south London. | Bohannan had been a field intelligence officer with the Met's Territorial Support Group, in Catford, south London. |
| He used the access the job gave him to password-protected databases "corruptly", Southwark Crown Court heard. | He used the access the job gave him to password-protected databases "corruptly", Southwark Crown Court heard. |
| The jury heard the officer, with 25 years' experience, had deliberately passed information to a criminal and carried out searches of confidential police systems after Ahmed asked him to. | The jury heard the officer, with 25 years' experience, had deliberately passed information to a criminal and carried out searches of confidential police systems after Ahmed asked him to. |
| The officer previously admitted his actions "compromised" police investigations as he passed information to his wife Denise, used her as an informant without telling his colleagues, and failed to report her possession of class A drugs. | The officer previously admitted his actions "compromised" police investigations as he passed information to his wife Denise, used her as an informant without telling his colleagues, and failed to report her possession of class A drugs. |
| The information provided by Pc Bohannan enabled a drugs conspiracy to continue for many years Gaon Hart, Crown Prosecution Service | The information provided by Pc Bohannan enabled a drugs conspiracy to continue for many years Gaon Hart, Crown Prosecution Service |
| The couple, who have been married for 21 years, had a "corrupt" relationship with Ahmed, David Durose, prosecuting told the jury. | The couple, who have been married for 21 years, had a "corrupt" relationship with Ahmed, David Durose, prosecuting told the jury. |
| Ahmed was the "co-ordinator of a drugs organisation responsible for the supply of cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis over a period of many years", he said. | Ahmed was the "co-ordinator of a drugs organisation responsible for the supply of cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis over a period of many years", he said. |
| The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said "an extremely dangerous conspiracy has been foiled" by the jury's verdicts. | The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said "an extremely dangerous conspiracy has been foiled" by the jury's verdicts. |
| Gaon Hart, from the CPS's special crime division, said: "We believe that justice has been served for the public in this case and an extremely dangerous conspiracy has been foiled. | Gaon Hart, from the CPS's special crime division, said: "We believe that justice has been served for the public in this case and an extremely dangerous conspiracy has been foiled. |
| "The jury agreed today that Pc Mark Bohannan conspired with a drug dealer to provide sensitive police information in exchange for money and for free drugs for his wife. | "The jury agreed today that Pc Mark Bohannan conspired with a drug dealer to provide sensitive police information in exchange for money and for free drugs for his wife. |
| "The information provided by Pc Bohannan enabled a drugs conspiracy to continue for many years and, most dangerously, included identifying the home addresses of individuals who owed money to the drug dealers as well as warning the dealers of potential police activity." | "The information provided by Pc Bohannan enabled a drugs conspiracy to continue for many years and, most dangerously, included identifying the home addresses of individuals who owed money to the drug dealers as well as warning the dealers of potential police activity." |
| Michael Bromley-Martin, defending the officer, conceded a sentence of immediate imprisonment was "inevitable" in his client's case. | Michael Bromley-Martin, defending the officer, conceded a sentence of immediate imprisonment was "inevitable" in his client's case. |
| Bohannan has been suspended from the Met and misconduct proceedings against him are expected to begin soon. | Bohannan has been suspended from the Met and misconduct proceedings against him are expected to begin soon. |