Officer recorded on CCTV embracing detainee while donning police attire
A sassy police officer named Choni Kenny, aged 27, finds herself behind bars for over three years after her romantically entangled affairs with two notorious criminals led to leaking sensitive police information.
Kenny, a new addition to the Greater Manchester Police in 2020, was once trusted to enforce the law and safeguard the public. However, her conduct took a drastic turn when she became involved with two dangerous criminals[1][2].
One of these criminals was Josh Whelan, with whom she shared a seedy secret relationship[1][2]. Within prison walls, their relationship blossomed, and Kenny took it upon herself to smuggle smartphones to him - knowing full well that he was a drug dealer. In fact, Whelan was found with an astonishing 20 of these illicit phones[1][2].
While providing Whelan the tools for his criminal activities, Kenny also passed on police information, including victim impact statements, to help him navigate his way through legal troubles[1][2].
The affair continued even after Whelan's release from prison. Caught together in Kenny's BMW car and at a Nando's restaurant, their illicit relationship was out in the open[1][2]. During this time, Kenny would visit work and search for the details of prisoners recently released each week[1][2].
Her second romantic tryst was with former schoolmate Rahim Mottley, a 31-year-old individual with connections to the criminal underworld[1][2]. Despite Mottley being abroad, she traveled to Spain to be with him, and used police systems to gain information and share it with him[1][2].
In a twisted turn of events, she even alerted him to an upcoming police firearms raid and promised to find out who the informants were[1][2].
After returning to the UK, Mottley was extradited to face justice for his criminal activities and was sentenced to two years and four months in prison for conspiring to commit corruption in public office[1][2].
Whelan, described as a "committed criminal" by the judge, was imprisoned for two years and eight months, having admitted multiple offenses[1][2].
Denying any malicious intent or financial motive, Judge Flewitt provided context for Kenny's actions, situating them as being driven by "naivety, immaturity" and a desire to maintain the friendships of her two crooked partners[1][2].
Kenny's case serves as a stark reminder of how personal relationships with criminals can compromise one's professional integrity, leading to career termination and imprisonment[1][2].
- Despite being jailed for over three years, Josh Kenny's conduct as a police officer in Salford took a drastic turn, leading to her entanglement with notorious criminals like Josh Whelan and Rahim Mottley.
- Josh Whelan, with whom Kenny shared a romantically attached secret relationship, was found with an astonishing 20 smartphones in prison, a result of Kenny smuggling them to him, even though she knew he was a drug dealer.
- Kenny's actions went beyond smuggling smartphones, as she also leaked sensitive police information to Whelan, including victim impact statements, to help him navigate his way through legal troubles.
- Webnews and general-news outlets reported that Kenny's relationships with these criminals significantly compromised her professional integrity, leading to her imprisonment for crime-and-justice-related offenses.
- Love-and-dating and relationship-related issues played a significant role in Kenny's downfall, as her desire to maintain the friendships of her two crooked partners led to activities that jeopardized her career and resulted in her jailed sentence.
