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| Police officer accused of going for kebab while on duty is sacked | Police officer accused of going for kebab while on duty is sacked |
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| A police officer accused of going missing on duty and eating a kebab while his concerned colleagues searched for him has been sacked following a misconduct hearing. | A police officer accused of going missing on duty and eating a kebab while his concerned colleagues searched for him has been sacked following a misconduct hearing. |
| PC Richard Musgrave, 52, was dismissed without notice from Cambridgeshire police. | PC Richard Musgrave, 52, was dismissed without notice from Cambridgeshire police. |
| A four-day misconduct hearing in Peterborough concluded that he had breached professional standards in respect of honesty and integrity, discreditable conduct and duties and responsibilities. | A four-day misconduct hearing in Peterborough concluded that he had breached professional standards in respect of honesty and integrity, discreditable conduct and duties and responsibilities. |
| It had been alleged that Musgrave went missing from March police station to give a woman and her friends a lift, then drove to an industrial estate to eat a kebab. | It had been alleged that Musgrave went missing from March police station to give a woman and her friends a lift, then drove to an industrial estate to eat a kebab. |
| Officers triggered an emergency search for him as they were concerned for his welfare. | Officers triggered an emergency search for him as they were concerned for his welfare. |
| Musgrave claimed he had been on a burglary patrol on the industrial estate, his watch had stopped, his earpiece had come out of his radio and his mobile phone was on silent. | Musgrave claimed he had been on a burglary patrol on the industrial estate, his watch had stopped, his earpiece had come out of his radio and his mobile phone was on silent. |
| He allegedly later “dishonestly told the sergeant that he had gone to the industrial estate to finish writing a statement and had fallen asleep there”. | He allegedly later “dishonestly told the sergeant that he had gone to the industrial estate to finish writing a statement and had fallen asleep there”. |
| The incident was said to have happened on 31 July 2016. He was further accused of driving a marked vehicle to meet a woman at a Wetherspoon’s pub while on duty. | The incident was said to have happened on 31 July 2016. He was further accused of driving a marked vehicle to meet a woman at a Wetherspoon’s pub while on duty. |
| Some of the group the woman was drinking with were alleged to have behaved in a drunken or abusive manner and were refused service. | Some of the group the woman was drinking with were alleged to have behaved in a drunken or abusive manner and were refused service. |
| Musgrave was allegedly aware of the behaviour of the group but did not take adequate steps to address it and supplied a witness statement containing untrue information. | Musgrave was allegedly aware of the behaviour of the group but did not take adequate steps to address it and supplied a witness statement containing untrue information. |
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