Driver to two ex-West Midlands Police chief constables jailed over 4,000 sick images and videos of children

A judge told Peter Hogan, a constable with the force for 28 years before taking up civilian roles as a driver and scenes of crime officer, that he had 'brought disgrace' on the police.

When police raided the 62-year-old's Birmingham home they discovered a huge haul of 4,000 images and videos, including 243 of the most serious category A level – with one child believed to be aged just six, Birmingham Crown Court heard yesterday.

Recorder Stephen Linehan QC told the former school governor of Warren Hill Road, Kingstanding, his actions 'undermined the public's confidence' in the police and that men like him allowed 'evil people' to profit from 'destroying' children's lives.

The judge said he had no option but to jail Hogan – who admitted three counts of making obscene images of children between 2009 and 2016 – because some of the videos showed children being raped.

Sentencing him to 12 months behind bars, he said: "The age of the Internet has brought with it many benefits. It has also brought with it a wave of criminal activity and one of those areas is the proliferation of sexual crimes against children by the most evil of people.

"They can only profit from it because others are willing to view these images for their own gratification."

Hogan was ordered to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years and a sexual harm prevention order was also made for 10 years. He will serve six months and spend the remaining six months on licence.

The Express & Star can reveal Hogan served as driver to former chief constables Chris Sims and Paul Scott-Lee.