A Shropshire-based officer has been sacked, after a hearing found he bullied a student he was tutoring and lied about serving in Afghanistan.

The unnamed officer, referred to as Officer A, behaved in an "abusive, hostile, oppressive, derogatory, intimidating and/or bullying manner" towards the colleague between March and April 2024, the panel heard.

A four-day hearing was held at West Mercia Police's headquarters in Hindlip, Worcestershire.

It resulted in a ruling of gross misconduct and Officer A was dismissed from the force without notice.

Officer A said he served in Afghanistan and had "shot three people", but was found out when his superiors were informed by the military that he had never been deployed there.

Officer A questioned how his colleague handled a domestic abuse call the previous day, and the panel concluded that he swore at the mature student during the altercation.

The panel heard that the student lacked confidence when it came to physical contact and was reluctant "to get their hands dirty".

The panel agreed that, if Officer A was not happy with how his colleague handled the situation, the matter should have been handled in private and not in public, in earshot of other staff members.

Officer A approached an inspector within the force on 16 May 2024.

He said he had been told by his sergeant that concerns had been raised by a colleague about his alleged conduct.

This, the panel heard, included Officer A whispering to a colleague: "I'm going to bully them out a job" - something which the victim reportedly heard.

The hearing heard that there were other incidents where Officer A was likely to have sworn at the student.

The panel found that most of the charges that the officer faced were proved.

The hearing however did not find that Officer A called his colleague a sexist term.

Representing West Mercia Police, Adam Keenaghan read out a victim statement on behalf of the student officer, in which they said the situation had a "traumatic impact" on their self esteem.

The victim therefore handed in their notice in February 2025.

"His behaviour, especially on April 25, 2024, was a deliberate attempt to effectively bully them out a job," said Keenaghan.

Representing Officer A, Sarah Allen said her client's actions were born out of "frustration" and "he lacked the required skills to deal with the situation in a better way".

She added that he had apologised to the victim straight away.

The hearing also concluded that Officer A tried to influence his inspector in changing her mind when she looked into moving him to another site.

The inspector said that this was because of the allegations about his conduct, and the fact that he had developed a romantic relationship with another member in his team.

However, she told the hearing that Officer A's demeanour changed.

"I felt we were having a good discussion, but he became upset and looked at the floor," she said.

"I thought he was about to cry."

Officer A then mentioned his time serving in Afghanistan, leading the inspector to change her decision about the move.

In mitigation, Allen said her client "panicked".

However, the panel concluded that Officer's A's actions were dishonest.

"Due to the seriousness of the offences, the only outcome was for Officer A to be dismissed without notice," said Deputy Chief Constable Damian Barratt.

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