Met Police officer who arranged to meet girl, 13, for sex jailed for five years

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Detective Constable Francois Olwage was handed the sentence at Winchester Crown Court on Wednesday after he was found guilty of trying to meet the teenager when he was “on duty working from home”. The trial heard that after two weeks of explicit sexual conversations in October 2021, Olwage, of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, arranged to meet the “girl”, who had told him that she lived in Basingstoke, Hampshire. open image in gallery Condoms, a bottle of lubricant and a packet of Tadalafil erectile disfunction tablets which were discovered in Francois Olwage's bag after he was arrested There was also a box of Ferrero Rocher chocolates which Mr Shaw suggested was a present for the “girl”. “You were expected to uphold the law but by trying to take advantage of a vulnerable child, albeit fictional, you showed a disregard for the public trust and confidence that is held in your office.” Senior crown Prosecutor Marc Thompson from the CPS said: “Francois Olwage had every intention of grooming and meeting a 13-year-old girl.