Former Police officer who had sex with a troubled woman in a clear breach of trust.

A former Humberside Police officer has been jailed for two years and four months after having sex with a troubled woman in a clear breach of trust.

Ex-PC Simon Miller, 54, was supposed to be helping the woman as part of his duties but he "completely abused his position of trust" by engaging in a sexual relationship with her. He sent her a message that allegedly warned her that nobody would believe her if she told anyone about what had happened, Hull Crown Court heard.

Miller admitted engaging in a sexual relationship with a victim, knowing that this was improper. He was immediately dismissed last year after a misconduct hearing was held into his "unforgivable" behaviour.

Miller met the woman while he was on duty during an incident. They had sex later that day after Miller, who arrived in a marked police car, took her back to a refuge.

Defence barrister Alex Menary told the court that the woman was claiming that Miller had said "if you tell anyone, they won't believe you because you are in a mental asylum." The woman said she was "really hurt" by the message and that she "wasn't in the best place at the time" mentally.

Mr Menary claimed that the woman later sent what seemed to be "very affectionate" messages to Miller but she replied: "The amount of medication I was on, I wasn't thinking straight. It's very difficult for me to recollect many of the messages." She insisted that she was "really hurt" by the asylum message.

A Humberside Police spokesman said: "Miller, based in Scunthorpe, engaged in a sexual relationship with a vulnerable victim after meeting her while on duty at an incident in 2021. After the internal investigation, an accelerated misconduct hearing took place in August last year, in private so as not to jeopardise the ongoing criminal investigation. The misconduct panel found that he had breached the standards of professional behaviour in relation to discreditable conduct and he was immediately dismissed and placed on the College of Policing barred list."

Head of professional standards Superintendent Andy Maultby said: "Miller has completely abused his position of trust and took advantage of someone when she was in need of support. His discreditable conduct and behaviour didn't just breach the standards of professionalism, it was utterly condemnable and unforgivable. We will not condone or accept any form of abuse of position within Humberside Police and we will always take action and hold those responsible to account."