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South Yorkshire PC Marie Thompson sent the suspect an anonymous email in 2023 claiming to be from "Paedophile Hunters" and told him to pay £3,500 to "ensure that information stays between us".

An internal investigation was launched when suspicions were raised about Thompson, with the PC arrested in October 2023 and suspended from duties.

Thousands of users reported they were unable to buy the game on PC store Steam after its release at 15:00 BST, with errors persisting until around 17:30.

The series, launched in 2003, is one of the most popular in the world and regularly tops the annual best-seller charts on consoles and PC.

PC Steven Jones, 35, and PC Greg Tunnock, 34, were pulled from their roles following the incident in Edinburgh, which appeared on TikTok in March 2024.