Former Cambridgeshire Sergeant Convicted on Two Misconduct Counts, Cleared of Assault and Perverting Justice

Paul Street, 41, of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, was convicted at the Old Bailey of two counts of misconduct in public office. GB News reported that the former Cambridgeshire Constabulary sergeant led a team at Cambourne Police Station focused on county lines drug supply and organised crime.

” In autumn 2020 he asked PC Josh Williams to send him sexual images or videos of a female suspect whose phone Williams had examined.

Williams, 38, also of Huntingdon, sent a photograph showing the woman in underwear; the image was later shared with others. Street had already admitted two counts of unlawful disclosure of personal data after sending information and screenshots to his partner in 2020. The jury cleared him of assaulting a drug dealer during an arrest and of perverting the course of justice.

After almost four hours of deliberation the panel returned its verdicts. Judge Mark Lucraft KC remanded Street into custody. Sentencing is scheduled for July 30. GB News reported that twelve other officers were investigated over conduct linked to the culture Street created.

Williams pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office. Of the remaining eleven officers, two resigned, one was dismissed for gross misconduct, one received a final warning, two received written warnings, and five faced low-level performance measures.

Anti-corruption officers discovered Street’s two WhatsApp groups in 2021 after a new officer reported him; one group included 17 colleagues and the second was reserved for his inner circle.

Street appeared on the BBC programme Britain’s Teenage Drug Runners in 2017 and Channel 4’s Famous And Fighting Crime in 2019. The female suspect whose phone was examined was released without charge. Street told the court his messages were “poor” and described the language as “gallows humour” that formed part of the culture at the time.