A police officer who admitted abandoning his duties protecting the Israeli Embassy in London has been sentenced to nine months in prison.
Ricci Giff, 38, who is married with two children, was a Diplomatic Protection Officer. He admitted leaving patrol areas on three occasions, including when he should have been guarding the Israeli Embassy, in order to conduct an affair with the PR manager of the Israel Government Tourist Office, Melissa Ramsden.
Prosecutor Claire Howell said: "He was fully armed and supposed to be part of a high-profile unit guarding high-profile targets.
"He, more than anyone else, would have appreciated the potentially catastrophic results if anything had happened and there was a delay in the response time."