John Elvidge, defending, told the court: 'She has by her gross misjudgment lost her career, home and her immediate prospects. For months she accessed the police computer to identify Lock's rivals as he sought to expand his business 'greatly' across the North. She entertained clients at hotels throughout the north east.īut she was kept under police surveillance and was seen meeting representatives of Lock.
Thorne was among 70 other women on the website which boasted: 'Rest assured that high quality is for certain and your satisfaction is guaranteed.' Neil Lock ran the Notorious Girls agency with his wife She was corrupted and allowed herself to be corrupted.' Her phone was examined and she clearly had a good relationship with Neil Lock because that relationship led to her being tasked by him to obtain information. She added: 'She was a willing participant in this. She was effectively leading a double life.' Thorne joined Northumbria Police as a constable in June 2002.Ĭaroline Goodwin, prosecuting, said: 'She should have had a bright and promising future but she chose to breach the trust that had been placed in her as a police constable. Sentencing her, Judge John Evans said: 'It is plain that those who thought they knew you, and knew you well, are at a loss as to how you came to be involved in such a seedy world.' She even offered to use her own flat as a brothel, the court was told. Having worked for another escort agency, Christony Companions, between September 2006 and early 2007, Thorne approached Notorious Girls boss Neil Lock about working for him in February 2007. Thorne, who used the working name Kelly, posed provocatively in her underwear on the agency's website and proclaimed herself 'very eager to please'.īut she refused to wear a uniform or serve clients from the Sunderland area where she served as an officer, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
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