Queensland man jailed for grooming girl while working in police child protection unit

A former Queensland police officer will wake up on his 34th birthday in jail for his “abhorrent” behaviour in grooming a 15-year-old he met while interviewing her over nude photos.

Matthew Paul Hockely made sexual and suggestive comments to the girl after adding her on Snapchat days after interviewing her over photographs that had been circulated at school.

The pair exchanged more than 1000 chat messages and 30 images over three weeks from July 30, 2019.

In messages photographed by the…