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July 15, 2014updated 16 Jul 2014 1:48pm

Trial begins for policeman accused of offering story about allegedly violent and promiscuous colleague to The Sun

By PA Mediapoint

A former police constable has gone on trial accused of offering to sell information to the Sun about a "womanising and bullying" colleague, a court heard.

Darren Jennings (not pictured), who worked for Wiltshire Police, is on trial at the Old Bailey accused of misconduct in a public office around 6 September 2010.

Prosecutor Oliver Glasgow told jurors that Jennings emailed a Sun reporter with information about his colleague Sergeant Mark Andrews, who had recently been arrested over his handling of a person in custody.

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