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Sarah Ward

Prison officer who messaged fake profile of girl, 13, while at work spared jail

A prison officer who preyed on who he thought was a 13-year-old girl during his lunch breaks using a messaging app has been spared jail.

Peter Sugden, 46, began communicating with the Kik profile in June 2024, believing it belonged to a young girl from Essex.

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