PCSO, 31, fed confidential information to gang that cut off man’s hand

A police community support officer was convicted of passing confidential police information to a man later found guilty of conspiracy to murder two people in a machete attack. Alice Dobson, 31, was found guilty of perverting the course of justice at Bradford Crown Court, and is awaiting sentence.

The court heard that Dobson accessed police files about a March 2025 incident and a machete attack in May, and photographed confidential logs on her work computer. Prosecutors said she shared information with her then-partner, who contacted Rahees Khan; Khan and four others were convicted of conspiracy to murder both victims. Dobson was granted conditional bail and ordered to surrender her passport, with sentencing dates still to be decided.