Cleveland detective jailed for rapist advice banned from police

Image source, CLEVELAND POLICE

Image caption, Det Con Lee Busby was jailed for perverting the course of justice

A detective who was jailed for advising a rapist on what to say to police has been banned from future service.

Former Det Con Lee Busby, of Cleveland Police, was jailed for 18 months in January after telling a family member how to avoid being arrested for rape.

In the same trial, Daniel Summers was found guilty of raping a woman and jailed for 10 years.

A gross misconduct hearing has found Busby would have been immediately sacked if he was still serving.

Cleveland Police held a gross misconduct hearing on 30 January, where Busby faced three allegations of breaching the standards of professional behaviour .

The hearing determined Busby "would have been dismissed from the force with immediate effect, should he not already be serving a prison sentence".

He will never be able to join the police service again.

Det Insp Victoria Docherty, from the force's department of standards and ethics, said: "We would like to thank the victim in this case for their bravery in coming forward to report the incident to us and throughout the subsequent judicial process."

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