A TERMINALLY-ILL paedophile who enlisted his mother in a plot to sell crystal meth and other Class A drugs has been jailed for drug and child sex offences, the Lancashire Telegraph reports.

David Parkinson, 34, from Lancashire, was jailed for 11 years after he was caught with the illegal substances.

His mother, Diane Parkinson, 57, was also jailed for three years and four months, for her part in his drugs enterprise.

David Parkinson was arrested in April 2016, when officers from the Met's Lambeth based Omega team stopped Parkinson.

He had travelled to London from his Lancashire home to meet his supplier and officers found drugs worth £5,000 in his bag.

Parkinson's home address was searched and an array of crystal meth, cocaine and amphetamine were found along with meticulous ledgers detailing drugs supplied.

His mother was found inside the property in the process of tallying up their order book.

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A POLICE officer who told his sergeant she resembled a porn star has been sacked for a second time, reports The Argus PC Mark Scruby was fired from Sussex Police last year for showing an X-rated image to workmates while on duty and suggesting the woman depicted looked like his line manager Sergeant Isobel Lee.

He even showed her the pictures and made the same comments before sending her a doctored version of the picture on Whatsapp.

The 38-year-old father, who now lives in Crawley, also admitted viewing and sharing an explicit video in which the image appeared while on duty.

His actions took place in the report writing room and the canteen while he was a member of the Mid Sussex Neighbourhood team in Horsham over two days in February last year.

He only apologised for his “repeated” actions when a colleague told him Sgt Lee was upset.

Mr Scruby, who had 14 years’ experience as an officer, was dismissed without notice in May after a misconduct hearing but was allowed to rejoin the force in January after successfully appealing the decision.

He appeared before fresh disciplinary proceedings yesterday where, after he admitted the actions for a second time, another panel decided his punishment.

Despite pleas from his lawyer to allow him to keep his job, chairman Victoria Goodfellow said Mr Scruby’s actions were “very serious” and only dismissal without notice would suffice to protect the force’s reputation and integrity in the face of the public.

His actions had been “sexist” and “derogatory”, Martin Forshaw, who was prosecuting the case for the force, told the hearing.

Sgt Lee said she felt intimated by PC Scruby when he came into her office uninvited after the incident but saw this as an opportunity to tell him he had been unprofessional and the behaviour was “out of order” and “inappropriate”.

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PC Scruby broke down in tears and sobbed uncontrollably as a statement was read out which said there was not a day that went by without him regretting his actions.