Detective jailed

Wednesday 20 March 1996 00:02 GMT

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Detective jailed

A detective was sent to prison for nine months yesterday after he admitted stealing nearly pounds 8,000 from police station safes. Detective Sergeant Dale Hooper, who resigned from Kent County Constabulary following an internal investigation, pleaded guilty at Maidstone Crown Court to four charges of taking the cash from Gillingham and Sittingbourne police stations between May 1993 and September 1995. He asked for 22 other offences to be considered.

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