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| 'Plebgate': Met PC sacked over press leaks | |
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| A police officer has been sacked over press leaks about the "plebgate" affair, becoming the third Met PC to be dismissed over the row. | |
| PC Gillian Weatherley was dismissed for "gross misconduct", Scotland Yard said. | |
| She was sacked for leaking information about the 2012 argument between police officers and MP Andrew Mitchell. | |
| PCs Keith Wallis and James Glanville have already been sacked for gross misconduct, with two more officers yet to face such hearings. | |
| Mr Mitchell was accused of calling officers plebs during the argument at the gates of Downing Street in September 2012 - an allegation he has denied. | |
| The Conservative MP resigned as chief whip in the wake of the controversy. | |
| A panel chaired by Commander Julian Bennett found PC Weatherley had breached professional standards in relation to "honesty and integrity; orders and instructions; confidentiality; discreditable conduct and challenging and reporting improper conduct". | |
| The Met said it had brought the gross misconduct case after the Crown Prosecution Service decided in November that criminal prosecution was not appropriate. |