police officer says he'll quit after paedophile he snared is spared jail

Jordan Cave had thousands of indecent images of children (Picture: BPM Media)

A police officer has threatened to resign in protest after a paedophile was spared prison.

The officer,a member of the Met Police child sexual abuse team,shook his head after Recorder Maryam Syed gave Jordan Cave,28,a two-year suspended prison sentence.

Instead he will have to carry out 200 hours of community service and sign the sex offenders’ register.

As the sentence was delivered in court,the officer put his head in his hands.

Spotting his body language,Recorder Syed said: ‘[The officer] is shaking his head,but I do recognise the hard work done by [him] and his colleagues.’

The officer then left the court saying: ‘I will actually quit the police based on this.’

Cave worked as an IT technician at a top grammar school (Picture: BPM Media)

Recorder Maryam Syed said the case was ‘unusual’ (Picture: Barristers Chambers)

Cave was a former IT technician at The Latymer School in Edmonton,north London,when he sexually abused a 12-year-old boy.

A 10-minute recording of the attack was found on one of Cave’s devices after police searched his home following suspicious activity on a Dropbox account in 2022.

He had also written an account of the incident and other sexual fantasies about children.

He initially claimed he had been hacked,denying that he was sexually interested in children and told police there was ‘nothing to worry about’.

In total,there were 4,000 indecent images,including more than 1,000 category A images. Among them were videos of boys aged between four and 11 who had been taped,handcuffed,and raped.

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