A senior detective is facing potential jail after being accused of improperly accessing police records and sharing information with a former acquaintance. BBC News reports that Detective Inspector Emma Gardner accessed police logs about a man she knows and passed information to him. The Daily Mail describes the case as involving Gardner, 46, who is alleged to have logged into police computer files to obtain details and pass them to Simon Acton, described as a former nightclub bouncer. The Daily Mail also reports that Acton and Gardner had a personal relationship, stating they had sex twice. Across the outlets provided, the central issue is the alleged unauthorised access to police systems and subsequent sharing of information with the individual concerned. The reports do not provide additional context on the purpose of the information exchange or the outcome of any related investigation. The matter is framed by the outlets as a serious breach that could lead to a custodial sentence, depending on the result of the legal process.