Policeman filmed himself abusing daughter

The first serving Met police officer to be convicted of incest was jailed for six years at the Old Bailey today.

The 48-year-old father of two sent a video of himself sexually abusing his underage daughter to an internet paedophile.

He was arrested after detectives discovered the film of him with the 15-year-old girl on another paedophile's computer.

The married officer, from Fulhamhad boasted about the sexual abuse after logging on to an online chat room as "Daddy plays nice".

He was traced after he gave his mobile number to the stranger and immediately confessed to officers.

Detectives discovered more than 300 photographs of young children-and 32 videos - some involvingbabies.

Pictures kept on the family computer and his own laptop included his daughter and other children downloaded from the internet. After his arrest in July he confessed to having abused his daughter for about a year and having had sex with her up to six times.

The officer, who previously worked with Sussex Police, later told a psychiatrist he had been deeply affected when his daughter was sexually attacked by an older man a year earlier.

The officer, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been in custody since his arrest and has resigned from the force.

Sentencing, Judge Gerald Gordon, QC, said: "This is a catalogue of what right-minded people would regard as appalling behaviour."