A judge warns two Derbyshire Constabulary call handlers that they face a prison sentence after they admit accessing restricted material in the police computer system. The defendants, Ellie-Mae Doherty and Jessica Fitzhugh, are both 22. They worked in the Derbyshire police control room as call handlers when the offences took place.
The judge’s warning comes after the pair entered admissions relating to accessing information that was restricted. The alleged conduct occurred during the period when they were employed in that role, with the offences taking place in 2023 and 2024.
Court reporting in the provided sources focuses on the judge’s message about the seriousness of the wrongdoing and the potential sentencing outcome. No additional details about the specific documents or datasets accessed, the method used, or the wider impact on policing are included in the supplied summaries. The cases are presented as involving misuse of access privileges within the force’s computer systems.
