Police detective is jailed for 26 years for raping and sexually abusing girl from the age of 12 as he used her like a 'puppet or sex object'

Stephen Hardy, a detective constable with Greater Manchester Police, used his teenage victim as a 'puppet or sex object', Judge Robert Trevor-Jones said during his sentencing on Wednesday.

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