Creepy cop spared jail

A police sergeant who bombarded a woman with hundreds of unwanted WhatsApp messages on his work phone was spared jail. Syed Ali, 46, messaged the woman between May and July 2020 – years after they last spoke when she reported a crime. The married officer was formerly attached to the East Area Command Unit in 2015 but was later moved to the East Area Command Unit in 2018 and had no reason to contact the woman. Ali began sending a…