Met Officer Who Leaked Police Data to Journalist Walks Free from Court

A 26-year-old Met officer accessed confidential police systems to pass sensitive briefings to an online journalist and a former cop. The court called it serious. The sentence was suspended.

A serving Metropolitan Police officer who leaked confidential information to a freelance journalist and a former police whistleblower has avoided jail despite what the judge called "deliberate" and "planned" misconduct.

PC Matthew Olive, 26, from Southend-On-Sea, Essex, pleaded guilty to four counts of misconduct in a public office after accessing two re…