Police officer sacked over 'groping' at leaving party

A POLICE officer who groped colleagues at a work leaving do and "twerked" on the dancefloor has been sacked for gross misconduct.

- TED PESKETT

Pamela Pritchard

(Wales News Service)

PC Pamela Pritchard, 29, also told a colleague 'I want to f *** you' and tried to kiss an inspector during the party at a rugby club in Caernarfon.

PC Pritchard was found to have groped a woman officer's breasts on the dancefloor and twice touched a male officer to the groin area.

North Wales Police Assistant Chief Constable Chris Allsop said her offending had breached the force's standards of professional behaviour relating to authority, respect and courtesy.

He said: "The panel find the conduct is of a level that could justify dismissal and is therefore at the level of gross misconduct."

Fiona Clancy, for PC Pritchard, asked that she be punished with a final written warning "of a significant length of time" rather than be sacked.

She said: "There is no risk of repetition of the misconduct again. This was a short-lived episode."

A fellow officer, named only as PC B, said Pritchard groped him "out of the blue" when he was waiting to get a drink at the bar of Caernarfon Rugby Club.

He said: "PC Pritchard grabbed me below the belt and put her hand on my genitals outside my clothing.

"To no extent was it appropriate - I felt kind of humiliated at that point."