Last week Bexleyheath police officer Darren McCabe was jailed for tipping off his son that he was a suspect in a Sidcup street mugging.

He was jailed for six months after a trial at Southwark Crown Court.

The court heard McCabe's son had been captured on CCTV allegedly watching while two youths attempted to steal a shoulder bag from a pedestrian.

The teenager was at risk of being identified from the "distinctive clothing" he wore at the time - and his wardrobe would have been searched when he was arrested - so McCabe set out to reveal details of the clothing his son was wearing to his wife and son, jurors heard.

While some may sympathise with McCabe's predicament, others will have little compassion for him - after all, it was his job to uphold the law.

But what would you do in his position?