Victoria Thorne, 29, entertained up to 20 clients a week as part of the Notorious Girls escort agency. She went on to access highly sensitive police intelligence files to obtain information on rivals for the couple who ran the agency.
Thorne, who used the working name Kelly, posed provocatively in her underwear on the agency's website and proclaimed herself 'very eager to please'. But she refused to wear a uniform or serve clients from the Sunderland area where she served as an officer, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
Having worked for another escort agency, Christony Companions, between September and early , Thorne approached Notorious Girls boss Neil Lock about working for him in February She even offered to use her own flat as a brothel, the court was told. Sentencing her, Judge John Evans said: 'It is plain that those who thought they knew you, and knew you well, are at a loss as to how you came to be involved in such a seedy world.
Caroline Goodwin, prosecuting, said: 'She should have had a bright and promising future but she chose to breach the trust that had been placed in her as a police constable. She was effectively leading a double life. She added: 'She was a willing participant in this. Her phone was examined and she clearly had a good relationship with Neil Lock because that relationship led to her being tasked by him to obtain information.
She was corrupted and allowed herself to be corrupted. Thorne was among 70 other women on the website which boasted: 'Rest assured that high quality is for certain and your satisfaction is guaranteed.
