Soham cop Brian Stevens has been found guilty of conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

He was sentenced to eight months in prison at the Old Bailey today.

Crown Prosecution Service case worker Louise Austin was given a six month sentence, suspended for two years, for the same offence.

Stevens, who was appointed to liaise with the family of one of the girls murdered by Ian Huntley, was cleared last year of child porn charges when the case against him collapsed.

Colleagues of Stevens in the Cambridgeshire force said they felt "betrayed" by the detective.

They were 2disgusted" that he used his dealings with the family of murder victim Jessica Chapman to try to convince the jury that he was an honourable detective.

Stevens, 43, gave police a false alibi when he was being investigated over allegations that he downloaded child porn from the internet on to his laptop.

Louise Austin, 32, - with whom Stevens denies having a sexual relationship - provided him with an alibi. She was also found guilty of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. What are your opinions!

A pedophile Policeman in jail, he is going to have a fun time! lets hope he gets what he deserves...

Kills your faith in the police force and the law generally. He had fellow officers and cps people giving him an alibi.

Makes you sick - who can you trust ?

He'll be out in a few months and back to his job.... nonce

This man was found not guilty of the child porn offences which means that he's not where he should be : on the sex offenders register, which presumably means that he'll be able to get a job as a school caretaker or some suchlike.
They say he'll be out again by October!