A police officer who was hailed a vigilante hero on social media for breaking into a convicted child sex offender's outback home, tying him up and stealing $100,000 in cash has been jailed.

The NSW officer, whose identity is protected by court orders, knew his 78-year-old victim had a stash of cash in a safe because he searched his home over a child sex offence in 2020.

Four years later, the officer and a co-offender drove from Sydney to break into the elderly man's home, borrowing a car, filling up jerry cans with petrol and leaving their mobile phones behind to avoid detection.

The pair burst into the man's home on the evening of October 3, 2024, forcing him facedown on the ground and tying his hands and feet.

They threatened him with further harm until the victim told them where the

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