A former Thames Valley Police officer who met a 13-year-old girl for sex faces a gross misconduct hearing next week.

Then a serving police constable, Luke Horner, 24, drove an hour from his home in Aylesbury to Rushden, Northamptonshire, to meet the girl on June 11.

He pleaded guilty earlier this month to sexual activity with a child, with the plea entered on the basis that he recorded the sexual activity between them on the girl’s phone.