Former police officer jailed for using helicopter to film naked sunbathers and people having sex

Footage shot by ‘sex-obessed’ Adrian Pogmore includes graphic scenes of a couple on their patio

Adrian Pogmore arriving at Sheffield Crown Court. Four other defendants were cleared of all charges last week (PA)

A former police officer who used a helicopter to film people having sex and sunbathing naked has been jailed for a year.

A judge at Sheffield Crown Court sentenced Adrian Pogmore after he used a South Yorkshire Police helicopter to spy on people in their gardens.

Footage shot by the “sex-obessed” former officer included graphic scenes of a couple having sex in a range of positions on their suburban patio.

Other footage shown in court showed a woman sunbathing naked in her garden, two naked naturists sitting outside their caravan and a couple lying naked on sun-loungers outside their home.

A judge has been told how the couple filmed having sex, who are not being named for legal reasons, told officers they were “putting on a show” for Pogmore, 51, who knew them through the South Yorkshire wife-swapping scene.

Prosecutors said the officer was “a swinging and sex-obsessed air observer” who was referred to as the “team deviant” by other members of the air support unit at South Yorkshire Police.

Pogmore, of Guilthwaite Crescent, Whiston, Rotherham, admitted four counts of misconduct in a public office last month, on the day his trial was due to start. He has been sacked by South Yorkshire Police.

Two other police officers and two helicopter pilots were tried and cleared of the same offence after telling a jury that they had no idea what Pogmore was doing with the high-powered camera on board the aircraft.

Additional reporting by PA