Officer who misled police over ex-partner is fired

A police misconduct panel found an officer deliberately misled senior colleagues about her links to a former partner and his convicted criminal brother.

The now-former Cambridgeshire officer previously reported being a victim of domestic abuse by her ex and said she was forced to help conceal evidence linked to a serious offence committed by his brother.

She made the report years after the incident while working for Northamptonshire Police, telling that force she had not made contact with her former partner since 2019.

But phone and social media evidence suggested otherwise, and Cambridgeshire's chief constable Simon Megicks dismissed her without notice and barred her from policing.

The misconduct hearing concluded that, during a professional standards interview on 25 July 2023, the officer had "misled the investigators by stating that she had no contact" with her ex since 2019, when there was "clear evidence to the contrary".

She resigned from Cambridgeshire Police on 16 September but had remained a serving officer at the time of the hearing five days later.

In a report at the end of the hearing, Megicks said: "In my view PC A (the officer) failed to disclose her contact with Person B (her former partner) to protect her role as a police officer."

Explaining his decision to dismiss her, he concluded: "It is my view such conduct is at the upper end of seriousness and should be assessed as gross misconduct."

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