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| A British Transport Police inspector has been dismissed at a misconduct hearing for having sex while on duty. | A British Transport Police inspector has been dismissed at a misconduct hearing for having sex while on duty. |
| Inspector Masood Khan, 42, of Coulsdon, south London, admitted having sex with a 43-year-old woman in an office at Gatwick Airport railway station. | Inspector Masood Khan, 42, of Coulsdon, south London, admitted having sex with a 43-year-old woman in an office at Gatwick Airport railway station. |
| He was found not guilty of wilful misconduct in public office at Southwark Crown Court last August. | He was found not guilty of wilful misconduct in public office at Southwark Crown Court last August. |
| The Independent Police Complaints Commission said his actions had brought the police service into disrepute. | The Independent Police Complaints Commission said his actions had brought the police service into disrepute. |
| Mehmuda Mian Pritchard, who managed the IPCC investigation, said the police service and the public "had a right to expect the highest standards of conduct from officers". | |
| "Masood Khan's behaviour is not of a standard we expect of an experienced officer. | |
| "His actions have brought the police service into disrepute and ridicule and the panel has recognised this," he said. |