A POLICE constable turned call girl has been jailed for 15 months.

Victoria Thorne, 29, lived a double life as a uniformed Northumbria Police officer while moonlighting as a £100-an-hour prostitute, Newcastle Crown Court was told yesterday.

Judge John Evans told her: “It is plain that those who thought they knew you, and knew you well, are at a loss as to how you came to be involved in such a seedy world.”

Thorne advertised her services on the Notorious Girls website, using the pseudonym of Kelly, and initially did not tell anyone about her life as a police officer. But she was later recruited to make inquiries on the police computer system on behalf of her pimp, the court heard.

Miss Goodwin said: “She should have had a bright and promising future but she chose to breach the trust that had been placed in her as a police constable and she was effectively leading a double life.”

She added: “She was corrupted, and allowed herself to be corrupted.”

Thorne’s barrister, John Elvidge, said: “She, by her great folly, has lost everything, including her reputation.

“Financial pressure was the catalyst.”

However, Judge Evans said another motive was indicated in his sentencing remarks.

He said that Thorne had become a prostitute for the money, but also “you saw it as a means of providing interesting social opportunities”.