A former officer of the Devon and Cornwall Police and sex pest, Martyn Newitt, has been punished for establishing an inappropriate connection with a lady he encountered while on duty.
Martyn Newitt, 39, from Liskeard, Cornwall, pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office and intentionally causing a computer to execute a function to gain unauthorised access to program data, as shown in court.
He received a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, during a hearing at Bristol Crown Court on Friday.
The judge mandated Martyn Newitt to perform 120 hours of community service and 20 rehabilitation activity days inside the forthcoming 12 months.
The court was informed that Martyn Newitt had served as a temporary police sergeant when he was summoned to the residence of a woman after an incident involving her ex-partner in May 2020.
Martyn Newitt, currently a married father of two, initially spoke with the woman, whose identity is legally protected, via professional texts on his police-issued phone.
The court was informed that he subsequently established a social media account under the alias Nick Nicholson, which he utilised to communicate sexual messages with the woman.
Martyn Newitt also consulted a police log about an allegation of rape that the woman had filed against another individual.
A woman lodged a complaint against Martyn Newitt following his intervention by authorities with a vehicle issue in December 2021, resulting in Newitt’s suspension and subsequent resignation three years later.
In a victim personal statement read to the court, the woman said: “I was scared, isolated and vulnerable.
“Martyn arrived in uniform to help and I trusted him. He was supposed to protect us. Instead, he embedded himself in my life and became Nick.
“I am grieving a man that never existed. Nick wasn’t just his name. It was his carefully crafted persona.”
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