Former cop Jayden Faure avoids jail after having sex with women he met on the job
A court has been told the full details of how an ex-cop used his position to form “intimate” relationships with “vulnerable” women.
A disgraced former cop who had sex with a vulnerable woman inside a police station and sent a sex video of another woman to his mate has avoided a stint in jail.
Former constable Jayden Faure, 29, appeared in the County Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to misconduct in a public office and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
The ex-cop, who was in a long-term relationship at the time, earlier confessed to initiating “sexual” relationships with women he met on the job in 2016 and 2017.
While handing down his sentence, Judge Daniel Holding aired details of Faure’s vile crimes, including how he reassured a woman who was having suicidal thoughts atFlinders Street Station in April 2017.
The court was told that he gave the woman his business card and continued to email her while she was in hospital for mental health treatment.
Faure added the woman on Snapchat before they met to have sex in the sleeping quarters of a CBD police station. She wanted to meet him again but he declined.
Judge Holding said he found the incident “particularly troubling” given the woman was in such a vulnerable state and was “so unwell”.
“She feels you exploited her vulnerabilities and had little regard for her welfare,” he said.
The court was told how Faure struck up an intimate relationship with another woman who had contacted police because she had lost her purse.
Despite not being assigned to the case, Faure contacted the woman and after speaking for sometime the pair met at an apartment in Melbourne where they had sex on the balcony.
The court was told that Faure filmed part of the sexual encounter before sharing the video with a mate despite the woman’s pleas for him to delete the footage.
“I find it disturbing that you sent video to your friend after you told the woman you’d delete the footage,” Judge Holding said.
“She would feel a sense of betrayal.”
In their submissions to the court, prosecutors also detailed another matter where Faure was a first responder to a family violence incident involving a 15-year-old female victim in Melbourne’s CBD.
Faure emailed the young girl before messaging her on Snapchat, where he sent “flirty” pictures, including one of him in the shower.
He told the teenager: “A lot of girls go for me because I am a police officer.”
He called her a dozen times over the following few months but the pair never met in person. However, Faure later had a mate contact the girl on Facebook, telling her to lie to police if asked about how they met.
“You tried to influence (her) to conceal her dealings with you,” Judge Holding said.
Lawyers for Faure said their client was remorseful and apologised for abusing his position of trust, which Judge Holding accepted.
“You sought the attention and approval of your victims to feel better about yourself,” he said.
Faure was sentenced to a three-year community corrections order, which includes completing more than 300 hours of unpaid work.