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Stephanie Wareham

Jail for special constable who accessed video of dying man and took photos of it

William Heggs was jailed for 12 months (Joe Giddens/PA) - (PA Archive)

A grieving widow said a special constable who was jailed for 12 months after accessing video footage of her husband’s body as he lay dying in the street and taking photos of it “took his dignity” when he was at his most vulnerable.

Former Leicestershire Police volunteer William Heggs, 23, was said to have been an “exemplary” officer until it was discovered he had taken photographs on his personal phone from body-worn footage of 28-year-old William Harty as he lay fatally injured in Bedale Drive, Leicester, on October 25 2021.

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