Police officer says he’ll quit after paedophile he snared is spared jail

Jordan Cave had thousands of indecent images of children (Picture: BPM Media)

A police officer has threatened to resign in protest after a paedophile was spared prison.

The officer, a member of the Met Police child sexual abuse team, shook his head after Recorder Maryam Syed gave Jordan Cave, 28, a two-year suspended prison sentence.

Instead he will have to carry out 200 hours of community service and sign the sex offenders’ register.

As the sentence was delivered in court, the officer put his head in his hands.