West Midlands Police officer admits sex offence
A police officer faces a jail term after admitting a sex offence involving a girl.
Marcus O’Dell, who is a West Midlands Police officer, pleaded guilty to voyeurism when he appeared at Cannock Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
The 46-year-old, who works in the force's public protection unit, faces up to 18 months behind bars for the offence.
He was released on conditional bail and is due to be sentenced at Stafford Crown Court on a date to be fixed.
Detectives from Staffordshire Police arrested him at his Stafford home in Marston Road in May.
He was also charged with two counts of assault by beating which have since been dropped by prosecutors.
O'Dell, who admitted observing a person doing a private act between May 2016 and 2018, was handed an interim order forcing him to sign the sex offenders register.
