Met officer jailed for trying to groom girl with ‘highly sexual’ texts Anthony France A Met police officer who tried to send “highly sexualised” messages to a 13-year-old girl has been jailed for more than two years. Detective Constable Mark Collins, 58, was caught in an undercover sting conducted by colleagues. He admitted one count of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity and six counts of attempting to engage in sexual communications with a child. The Old Bailey heard Collins, from Fleet, in Hampshire, thought he was talking to a schoolgirl when ...