England: Police helicopter crew face allegations they filmed outdoor sex and sunbathing

Serving officer Matthew Lucas, 43, and former officer Lee Walls, 48, both of South Yorkshire Police (SYP), are alleged to have breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour.

The two men, along with two colleagues, were previously acquitted in Sheffield Crown Court in 2017 of criminal charges relating to the sex and nudity videos, the Sheffield Star reports. A fifth colleague, Adrian Pogmore, admitted making the videos and was jailed.

Panel chair Louisa Cieciora said the misconduct hearing could go ahead after Richard Wright QC, opening the hearing, said important evidence had not been disclosed in the criminal trial.

The videos at the centre of the proceedings are a 2007 clip of a woman sunbathing naked with her daughters, aged 18 and 15, who were wearing bikinis; a 2008 clip of a couple having sex outside their house, and a clip of another naked couple filmed on the same day; and a 2012 clip of another couple sunbathing naked.