WPC Molly Bury, 28, illegally accessed the Police National Computer to get intimate updates about 45-year Nicola - who sparked a major police hunt when she went missing - so she could pass on “tittle tattle” to friends and family.
Earlier Miss Gayle McCoubrey, prosecuting, said the unnamed member of the public contacted police in March 2023, after overhearing Bury's mother sharing information about a rape.
Police raided Bury's home and recovered a mobile phone which showed she had sent confidential information about various police incidents.
Police systems identified that WPC Molly Bury had viewed both logs on a police issued Samsung device whilst off duty.
When one pal kept pestering Bury for updates, the Lancashire Police officer said: ''I will get in s*** if they see me checking.".
