Overview

• Cambridge Crown Court sentenced former constable Marcin Zielinski to four months on August 18 after he admitted theft and corrupt or improper exercise of police powers.
• The theft occurred during a Section 32 search in Stevenage on September 12, 2024, when a woman at the address was arrested on an unrelated matter and later released with no further action.
• Video from a home camera shows him taking a pink pair of underwear from a drawer and placing it in his pocket, with the victim posting the footage on social media after the sentencing.
• Zielinski resigned from Hertfordshire Constabulary in November 2024 during the investigation and has been barred from policing.
• Victim Lea-Ann Sullivan describes enduring emotional distress, including identifying underwear in a police procedure and discarding clothing and furniture that triggered memories of the incident.