Former policeman Jayson Lobo has been jailed for three years for a string of voyeurism offences

Jayson Lobo engaged in sexual activity with seven women, all but one he had met on the dating website match.com, and filmed this without their knowledge or consent and then stored the images on his mobile phones.

A jury had heard how some of these sex sessions involved Lobo, then a serving police constable, using handcuffs and a police baton.

Sentencing him, Judge Neil Flewitt said that although the women had consented to having sexual activity with him they had not consented to it being recorded.

As well as storing the video clips he created some still images from them, the court heard.

Judge Flewitt said: “I am entirely satisfied that your reason was to create for your own sexual gratification a library of personalised pornography. "That was a calculated and selfish course of conduct pursued with any regard for the feelings of the woman concerned.”

He told Lobo, whose partner sat in the public gallery: “Although it is not my role to pass judgement on the morality of your conduct the level of deceit required to commit those offences is quite staggering.

“Throughout the period of the offences you were in a relationship with a woman who had no idea you were using on an online dating site to find and engage in sexual activity with other women.

“Most of those other women, your victims in this case, we led to believe that they were in an exclusive relationship and some of them fell in love with you. You allowed these women to believe that you cared for them when in reality you were using them to satisfy your sexual appetite. The discovery of your true motives left many of these women feeling betrayed and worthless.

“I am satisfied that in many cases the women were reassured to learn that you were a serving police officer and I am sure that in some cases you used that fact to lull them into a false sense of security.”

The 48-year-old, of Woodfold Park, Mellor, had been found guilty of 11 charges of voyeurism relating to seven women, but was cleared of a further seven charges, one of which related to another woman with whom he had a one night stand.

The former Commonweath Games middle distance runner was sacked by Lancashire police for gross misconduct in August 2016 after a special case hearing found he had sent a series of pictures and text messages, including to three of the voyeurism victims, of crime scenes including a frenzied fatal knife attack.

During his trial at Liverpool Crown Court the jury heard the offences came to light following a complaint to police in 2015 by one victim and following an extensive investigation the other women were revealed.

Lobo, who had been a police officer for 24 years, used Match.com where he met all but one of the women but the offences did not take place while he was on duty.

Martine Snowdon, prosecuting, told the jury, 'Lobo had an enormous sexual appetite. He was far from prudish. He was selfish and driven to enhance his sexual gratification in life."

She told the court his victims said the offences had had a devastating affect on their lives and self-confidence following the 'violation' and 'humiliation'.

He admitted making the videos but claimed the women all knew he had been filming them during or after the sex and none had expressed any concern.

Andrew Alty, defending, admitted that Lobo 'richly deserved' a prison sentence but urged the judge to suspend it.

He said: “He has lost his job, lost his reputation and as a consequence his reputation is something he will never re-achieve.

“It was a job he loved and it was a job he did well,” said Mr Alty, who pointed out that his arrest came three days before he was to be commended for his work during a murder investigation.

Judge Flewitt also ordered Lobo to sign the Sex Offenders Register for life and imposed a Sexual Harm Prevention Order to last indefinitely.

Lancashire's Deputy Chief Constable Sunita Gamblin said: “Firstly I would like to thank and commend the victims in this case for having the bravery to come forward and report these allegations to us. Today’s outcome would not have been possible without them.

"Police officers are expected to adhere to the highest standards of behaviour in both their public and private lives and Jayson Lobo has clearly failed to adhere to those standards.

"He has risked undermining the public’s confidence in the police service as a whole and the fantastic work undertaken every day by the vast majority of our staff.

"We will continue to proactively target malpractice and wrongdoing in Lancashire Constabulary, as we did with this case, to ensure that the communities we serve can have confidence and trust in us.”