'Predatory' cop sacked for gym pics

A POLICE officer has been sacked for taking covert pictures in a gym and sending members extreme unsolicited messages.

- CONOR GOGARTY

The South Wales Police officer whose name and rank are being kept secret by the force - set up an Instagram account under an alias and used it to bombard gymgoers with messages such as “Can you s*** in my mouth?”

The officer's “predatory” behaviour took place in 2023 when he was a member of the gym in south Wales.

He did not personally know the two members he targeted, who were called Mr A and Mr B in the police misconduct hearing.

The only reasons given by South Wales Police for his anonymity are “the embarrassing nature” of the case and how naming him could have an “adverse impact” on him and his family.

In early 2023 Mr A began to receive explicit messages from an Instagram account under the name Laurence Hendix.

One example was: “When you see the movement in your grey joggers makes mouth watering [sic].”