{"id":8269,"date":"2026-07-09T08:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/senior-detective-faces-jail-after-illegally-accessing-police-logs-about-friend\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T08:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:23:08","slug":"senior-detective-faces-jail-after-illegally-accessing-police-logs-about-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/senior-detective-faces-jail-after-illegally-accessing-police-logs-about-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior detective faces jail after illegally accessing police logs about friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_3d5bec\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Detective Inspector Emma Gardner, 46, was convicted after a jury found she had unlawfully accessed police computer systems without a policing purpose.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<div class=\"Byline_author-and-badge-wrapper__2dsv1\">\n<div class=\"Authors_authors-container__wVWas\" data-testid=\"byline-author\" data-tmdatatrack=\"author\" style=\"--authors-by:&quot;By&quot;\"><span><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_3d5bec\">Glyn Bellis<\/strong><\/span><span> and <span><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"AuthorLink_author-link__rg5qj\" data-tmdatatrack=\"author\" data-testid=\"byline-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/authors\/berk-uyal\/\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_3d5bec\">Berk Uyal<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Live News Content Editor\/Reporter<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37407460\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"North Wales Police \" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37407460.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/3_North-Wales-Police-HQ.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37407460.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/3_North-Wales-Police-HQ.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37407460.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/3_North-Wales-Police-HQ.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37407460.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/3_North-Wales-Police-HQ.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"North Wales Police HQ in Colwyn Bay\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">North Wales Police HQ in Colwyn Bay<cite aria-label=\"Image: Daily Post Wales\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Daily Post Wales)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A senior North Wales Police detective has been warned she could face <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"jailLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/prisons\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">jail<\/a> after being convicted of illegally accessing <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"policeLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/police\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">police<\/a> logs relating to a close male friend and three women.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Detective Inspector Emma Gardner, 46, was found guilty at Caernarfon Crown Court of unauthorised access to computer material during 2022 after denying the offence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Judge Timothy Petts told Gardner the offence was treated seriously, warning her that while custody was not the only option, it was &#8220;going to be uppermost in my mind&#8221; when she is sentenced in September, reports <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"North Wales Live.Link opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/news\/north-wales-news\/senior-north-wales-police-detective-34261372\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">North Wales Live.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"The courtLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/courts\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">The court<\/a> heard Gardner, who joined North Wales Police in 2000 and had worked in several roles including the Protecting Vulnerable People Unit, accessed police logs involving a close male friend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Prosecutor Andrew Scott said the detective had accessed logs relating to &#8220;a relatively minor complaint&#8221; and &#8220;tittle-tattle&#8221; involving the man, who had previously worked as a bouncer when Gardner was a uniformed officer in Rhyl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In one message, she\u2019d declared: &#8220;I have my uses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The officer insisted she hadn\u2019t viewed the logs because of her relationship with him. \u201cI believe every access was for a policing purpose,\u201d DI Gardner declared in evidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">DI Gardner will be sentenced in early September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Speaking after yesterday&#8217;s verdict, Deputy Chief Constable Nigel Harrison said: \u201cWe acknowledge the decision of the jury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cThe officer has been suspended whilst the criminal case was ongoing, and we will now progress with misconduct proceedings following today\u2019s verdict.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/north-wales-police-detective-logs-37407459\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detective Inspector Emma Gardner, 46, was convicted after a jury found she had unlawfully accessed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1_North-Wales-Police-HQ.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}