A police officer has been jailed after subjecting a child to a campaign of shocking abuse.  Christopher Hamilton from Gateshead was working as a PC when he began a sickening course of what a judge branded ‘sheer and deliberate cruelty’ against the youngster. His victim suffered a series of disturbing injuries as well as significant emotional abuse while alone with the disgraced officer. A court heard the child suffered burns to their hands, bruising to the face and hair loss. And in a sickening twist, Hamilton left the victim in tears after making humiliating videos on his phone. While he recorded the footage, he forced the youngster to say hurtful things about their family members and even recorded the youngster on the toilet. READ MORE HERE