Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Former police detective jailed for sexual messages and 'unnecessary visits' to female crime victims
manchestereveningnews.co.ukGet the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter A former Lancashire police officer has been jailed after sending sexual messages to female victims of crime.
Ex-Detective Constable, Jatinder Bunger, also obtained inappropriate photos of the women and made 'unnecessary visits' to one victim's home, Manchester Crown Court heard.
He was jailed for 10 months today (10 May) after pleading guilty to five charges brought as a result of an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).
It is understood he resigned shortly before a previous court hearing in April this year. The IOPC investigated the former detective's contact with five women, following a complaint from one victim.
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