London - A British police officer who admitted having sex with one woman while on duty and propositioning another after she had been arrested was Friday jailed for four months.

Gary Bayldon, 48, who was married at the time, would visit one divorced mother at her home for sex while on late shifts, Kingston Crown Court, near London, heard.

He also asked the second woman to go the woods with him and caressed her hands while taking her fingerprints at the police station.

Bayldon pleaded guilty to three counts of willful misconduct in public office. He has since resigned his post with Hampshire Constabulary, in south-west England, where he had served for 18 years. (dpa)