A Greater Manchester Police officer has been charged with child sex offences.

Lee Cunliffe, 40, who is a Detective Constable based on GMP's Salford District, has been charged with:

  • 2 counts of attempting to arrange/facilitate the commission of a child sex offence,
  • 1 count of possession of an indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child,
  • 3 counts of making an indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child,
  • 1 count of distributing an indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child,
  • 2 counts of misconduct in a public office,
  • 2 counts of perverting the course of public justice.

He has been bailed to appear before Manchester Magistrates Court on 26th October 2021 at 10:30am.

The officer was arrested on Tuesday 15 December 2020 and has remained suspended from duty since that date.