Michael Elmer

A former police constable has been jailed for 13 months after admitting making and distributing indecent images of children, including some in the most serious category.

Michael Elmer, who worked for Avon and Somerset Police in Bristol, pleaded guilty in February to three counts of making indecent images of a child and one count of distributing such images.

The 36-year-old, of Swineford in South Gloucestershire, also admitted a charge of sharing a photo of a person in an intimate state for the purposes of sexual gratification.

Elmer, whose crimes were committed while he was a serving police officer, was jailed at Exeter Crown Court, and also given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.