Paedophile police officer who groomed girl, 14, into having sex with him jailed
A paedophile policeman who groomed a 14-year-old schoolgirl into having sex with him has been jailed for five years.
PC Hussain Chehab pressured the teen into having sex despite her asking him to stop, a court heard.
He also told others how to groom children on online forums whilst working at a school as a Safer Schools officer and owned sexually explicit images of babies as young as two.
The disgraced Met officer was thrown behind bars for five years just days after the release of the Casey Report.
Sir Mark Rowley apologised to Chehab’s victims when he appeared at the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee in January of this year.
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The sickening criminal first contacted the child on Instagram, pretending to be a 16-year-old Russian boy, between March and September 2019 about a year before he joined the force.
Wood Green Crown Court, where Chehab was jailed for five years (PA Archive/PA Images)During his short stint with the Met, Chehab was posted to a secondary school in north London, the trial at Wood Green Crown court heard.
He had sex with his victim for the first time in an abandoned factory, and scoured the internet for explicit images of children.
Chehab was never caught for his sick abuse, and his behaviour was only discovered after a complaint from another young woman.
This didn’t lead to any charges but led to his electronic devices being seized - it was then the sick photos and videos were discovered as well videos, photos and messages relating to his teenage victim.
Of the material found on Chehab’s phone, 293 were Category A images - the most serious - and some were said to be of children as young as two-years-old.
There were even messages from a child abuse forum where he “instructed” others on how to groom children.
Prosecuting, Marion Smullen was reported to have said: “Chehab would have been 18 at the time of the offences. He deliberately targeted and groomed the young girl.
“He first made contact when he messaged her on Instagram and pretended to be a 16-year-old boy from Russia. They met up a week later and went to a park. He built up a relationship and her trust.
“Eventually he told her his real name, but by that stage, she was under his influence.
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“Chehab was highly manipulative. He pressured her to have sex with him. They first had sex in an abandoned factory. He didn't use protection.
“She asked him to stop, but he didn't.”
Chehab was sacked by the Met earlier this month after a panel found him guilty of gross misconduct.
He was arrested and admitted four counts of sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15, three counts of making indecent photographs of a child and one count of sexual communication with a child in an earlier hearing.
The crimes of sexual activity took place before he joined the force, but other offences took place whilst he was a serving officer
The trial also heard that when the child broke off the relationship and began seeing someone else, Chehab sent her new partner nudes which were seen by his mother.
He also sent the victim abusive messages, leading to her saying she was “suicidal” but she never reported him to police.
Jailing Chehab, Judge John Dodd said: “You had by March 2020 embarked on a career as a police officer.
“The training programme included a period working at a school. You were not there by your own choice, simply because of the rota.
“It seems that, at the same time, you were searching for and downloading images of children.
“Your behaviour towards the young victim was calculated. She has suffered as a result of the way you behaved towards her.
“You badgered her for images; images that, sadly, you did not keep to yourself.
“It was only when a member of the public rang the police in respect of their concerns in the summer of 2021 that your abuse of her came to the authorities.
“Officers acted with commendable speed and you were arrested. By that time you had become a probation officer for the Met Police service.
“At a time when police conduct is very much in the public eye ... I should record that there was not a sign of any failure by the Met Police force to act swiftly once complaints were made.”
Chehab’s family were present as he was jailed for five years.
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