Policewoman Helen Jone faces jail for stealing CCTV footage of alleged Steven Gerrard street brawl Helen Jones admitted misconduct in public office at Preston Crown Court The 33-year-old obtained CCTV footage from bank while on 'career break' Video was alleged to show former England captain 'brawling' in streetÂ Jones refused to disclose in court who she gave the footage toÂ Told by judge she there is a 'high likelihood' she will face jail next yearÂ Helen Jones was told there is a 'high likelihood' she will face jail when sentenced next month for obtaining the CCTV footage A 'practised and persistent' liar policewoman who stole CCTV footage allegedly showing former England captain Steven Gerrard fighting in the street so that it could later be used to blackmail him is facing jail.Â Helen Jones obtained the footage taken in Formby, Merseyside, on August 4, after 'flashing her badge' at the manager of a bank which captured the scuffle on CCTV. The 33-year-old, who tried to claim she was helping out a friend, was not working for Merseyside Police at the time after taking a sabbatical months earlier.Â The footballer then received 'demands and threats' from a man claiming to have been assaulted by him and his friend and contacted police.Â After refusing to tell the court who she gave the tape to, Jones admitted misconduct in public office at Preston Crown Court.Â Previously lawyers acting on behalf of the footballer denied he had been fighting, claiming he was acting as a peacemaker between friends. Jones was today released on bail but warned there is a 'high likelihood' she will face jail when sentenced in the new year.Â Local businessman Paul Lloyd claimed Mr Gerrard 'threw the first punch' in the alleged scuffle in August.Â He would not reveal whether he had received the footage from Jones, nor did she tell the judge who she gave the video to.Â Her account that she pursued the footage for 'philanthropic' reasons was discounted by the judge as 'wholly implausible'.Â Â 'I regret to say that I found her to be a witness with no credibility,' said Judge Stuart Baker.Â 'I am satisfied so that I am sure that the defendant obtained the copy of the CCTV footage so as to enable someone else, whether it was to be Paul Lloyd or another person, to use it in any way that person chose to use it, possibly as a lever to cause Mr Gerrard to pay money toÂ suppressÂ it or, at the very least, to use it in a way which would potentially cause embarrassment as has in fact occurred.'Â The footballer received 'demands and threats' from Paul Lloyd, Preston Crown Court heard during the trial Helen Jones (left) arriving at Court in August to face charges of misconduct in public office. The 33-year-old was told she had lacked credibility as a witness The footage allegedly showed the footballer embroiled in a scuffle with friends. His defence told the court he had been acting as a peacemakerÂ The 33-year-old was bailed by a judge at Preston Crown Court. She will reappear in January for sentencing 'Whatever the whole truth may be, she has chosen not to tell it to me.'Â Mr Lloyd, who claimed the footballer and his friends had assaulted him, was described as an 'unimpressive witness who, like the defendant, chose not to tell me the whole truth.'Â Following the incident Mr Gerrard faced 'demands and threats' from Mr Lloyd.Â Jones will be sentenced on January 9.