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STV News
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- STV News
Police officer helped women blackmail man after affair
A police officer helped women extort money from a man after he had an affair with one of them. Chloe Wright and Freya Shaw were found to have blackmailed the man in Cowdenbeath, Fife, between May 16 and 17, 2020. This happened after Shaw, 25, had a sexual encounter with the man. Wright, 29, and Shaw threatened to tell the man's girlfriend about the affair. Steven Charletta, who was a constable at the time, used Police Scotland systems to obtain the girlfriend's personal details. The 60-year-old gave the private information to Wright and Shaw. On the same day, Charletta visited the girlfriend's house, pretending to be investigating reports of an uninsured individual driving her car. He said he needed the details of anyone else who might be driving the car and was able to discover the victim's name, address, and job. Charletta was also convicted of perverting the course of justice after instructing Wright to delete information from her phone, including messages between them. 'Steven Charletta abused his position as a police officer to access police systems to obtain and provide information that he had no right to do,' said chief superintendent Helen Harrison, of Police Scotland's professional standards department. 'I'd like to commend the cooperation and strength of the witnesses involved in this case. 'All officers are bound by our Standards of Professional Behaviour, which apply on and off duty. 'Any instance where an officer fails to uphold our standards will be investigated and appropriate action taken. 'As the criminal case has now concluded, this matter will now be considered in terms of the Police Service of Scotland (Conduct) Regulations 2014.' Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
Scottish Sun
24-06-2025
- Scottish Sun
Met cop facing sack after ‘farting in female officer's FACE & laughing when she refused to 'pull my finger''
The incident was 'corroborated' by another female officer at the time COP SHOCK Met cop facing sack after 'farting in female officer's FACE & laughing when she refused to 'pull my finger'' Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A MET Police officer is facing the sack after he laughed when farting in a female colleague's face, a disciplinary hearing was told. PC Wayne Sansom allegedly broke wind after asking the WPC to pull his finger at Wembley Police Station in northwest London on November 2021. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 PC Wayne Sansom allegedly broke wind after asking a female police officer to pull his finger at Wembley Police Station Credit: Facebook 3 PC Sansom "agrees to the 'pull my finger remark" but denies he actually broke wind Credit: Facebook 3 He appeared at Sutton Police station yesterday for the opening of a misconduct hearing Credit: Facebook Fellow officer PC Ben Jeffries is said to have made "inappropriate and discourteous comments" to the same female officer concerning her sexuality and Romanian heritage. The officers appeared at Sutton Police Station yesterday for the opening of a misconduct hearing expected to last ten days. Sansom and Jeffries face allegations that their conduct amounted to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour in respect of Discreditable Conduct, Authority, Respect and Courtesy and Equality and Diversity. Russell Ford, for the Met Police, told the hearing PC Sansom invited the female officer to pull my finger at Wembley Police Station. He said: "When she declined he passed wind in her face from around 10-15 cm away." PC Sansom "agrees to the 'pull my finger remark" but denies he actually broke wind. Mr Ford added: "He fully accepts his attempt at humour was misplaced and inappropriate in a modern policing workplace. "PC Sansom approached her and asked her to pull his finger, she knew what was intended and told him to move along. "At this, PC Sansom turned his back, stood on his toes and passed wind in her face." Mr Ford said the incident was "corroborated" by another female officer at the time. "He described how after he asked the PC to pull his finger, PC Sansom, in close proximity, turned away from her and passed wind very loudly - then laughed out loud and walked away." Unqualified ex-cop jailed over deaths of four people in paddleboarding horror Mr Ford then referred to an occasion in mid-December 2021 when the female officer described assisting on a call-out involving "Romanian people who did not speak English" with PC Sansom. He added: "Back in the writing room, PC Sansom complained about the Romanians, referring to them as 'f***ing d***heads'." The female officer replied: "That's OK Wayne everyone knows you don't like Romanian people." PC Sansom allegedly replied: "That's not true…I would put my dick in you." He is also accused of asking the female officer "questions about her sexuality" and "calling her a lesbian". PC Sansom claims that he only asked the officer "once" about her sexuality after hearing rumours circulate about his colleagues' personal life. The hearing was told that Sansom was concerned that this could lead to her being "unfairly treated or talked about". Meanwhile, Sutton Police Station heard how PC Jeffries is said to have made "discourteous remarks" to the same female officer about her sexuality. "This included asking her personal questions of a sexual nature, asking about rimming and asking if she had gone down on someone and asking if someone had gone down on," said Mr Ford. PC Jeffries allegedly took a picture of his testicles using the female officer's mobile phone at an Extinction Rebellion protest on 25 August 2021. She had asked PC Jeffries and a colleague if they could get her some water from a nearby shop, and handed over her mobile telephone so they could use her Apple Pay. Mr Ford said: "When they returned, they were laughing as they approached, and she assumed they had done something to her phone. "When PC Jeffries handed her back her phone, she opened it and noticed that the last application used was the camera. "She looked at the last photographs taken and saw what she believed to be a testicle. "She said: 'That's disgusting', and he (Jeffries) replied: 'Why are you getting offended? It's just a picture of my balls." Jeffriesalso faces accusations that he made "discourteous remarks motivated by race" about a second female colleague at Wembley Police Station in 2019. "She says that PC Fitzpatrick invited her to take a seat, whereupon PC Jeffries said to her 'no, take a knee'. "That remark, the authorities say, was no doubt a reference to a gesture used by the Black Lives Matter movement." Mr Ford told the hearing of a second incident in which the female officer went to open a door at the police station to find PC Jeffries holding it shut as a joke. "When he released the door, he laughed and said to her words along the lines of: 'I thought you were going to start screaming Black Lives Matter'." The female officer was "annoyed and upset about this remark" and recalled another occasion when PC Jeffries pretending to light-heartedly punch her and then said: "Oh, Black Lives Matter! Black Lives Matter!" Both officers could face the sack if the allegations against them are proved as gross misconduct. The hearing continues.
The Irish Sun
24-06-2025
- The Irish Sun
Met cop facing sack after ‘farting in female officer's FACE & laughing when she refused to 'pull my finger''
A MET Police officer is facing the sack after he laughed when farting in a female colleague's face, a disciplinary hearing was told. PC Wayne Sansom allegedly broke wind after asking the WPC to pull his finger at Wembley Police Station in northwest London on November 2021. 3 PC Wayne Sansom allegedly broke wind after asking a female police officer to pull his finger at Wembley Police Station Credit: Facebook 3 PC Sansom "agrees to the 'pull my finger remark" but denies he actually broke wind Credit: Facebook 3 He appeared at Sutton Police station yesterday for the opening of a misconduct hearing Credit: Facebook Fellow officer PC Ben Jeffries is said to have made "inappropriate and discourteous comments" to the same female officer concerning her sexuality and Romanian heritage. The officers appeared at Sutton Police Station yesterday for the opening of a misconduct hearing expected to last ten days. Sansom and Jeffries face allegations that their conduct amounted to a breach of the Standards of Professional Behaviour in respect of Discreditable Conduct, Authority, Respect and Courtesy and Equality and Diversity. Russell Ford, for the Met Police, told the hearing PC Sansom invited the female officer to pull my finger at Wembley Police Station. Read More in UK News He said: "When she declined he passed wind in her face from around 10-15 cm away." PC Sansom "agrees to the 'pull my finger remark" but denies he actually broke wind. Mr Ford added: "He fully accepts his attempt at humour was misplaced and inappropriate in a modern policing workplace. "PC Sansom approached her and asked her to pull his finger, she knew what was intended and told him to move along. Most read in The Sun "At this, PC Sansom turned his back, stood on his toes and passed wind in her face." Mr Ford said the incident was "corroborated" by another female officer at the time. "He described how after he asked the PC to pull his finger, PC Sansom, in close proximity, turned away from her and passed wind very loudly - then laughed out loud and walked away." Unqualified ex-cop jailed over deaths of four people in paddleboarding horror Mr Ford then referred to an occasion in mid-December 2021 when the female officer described assisting on a call-out involving "Romanian people who did not speak English" with PC Sansom. He added: "Back in the writing room, PC Sansom complained about the Romanians, referring to them as 'f***ing d***heads'." The female officer replied: "That's OK Wayne everyone knows you don't like Romanian people." PC Sansom allegedly replied: "That's not true…I would put my dick in you." He is also accused of asking the female officer "questions about her sexuality" and "calling her a lesbian". PC Sansom claims that he only asked the officer "once" about her sexuality after hearing rumours circulate about his colleagues' personal life. The hearing was told that Sansom was concerned that this could lead to her being "unfairly treated or talked about". Meanwhile, Sutton Police Station heard how PC Jeffries is said to have made "discourteous remarks" to the same female officer about her sexuality. "This included asking her personal questions of a sexual nature, asking about rimming and asking if she had gone down on someone and asking if someone had gone down on," said Mr Ford. PC Jeffries allegedly took a picture of his testicles using the female officer's mobile phone at an Extinction Rebellion protest on 25 August 2021. She had asked PC Jeffries and a colleague if they could get her some water from a nearby shop, and handed over her mobile telephone so they could use her Apple Pay. Mr Ford said: "When they returned, they were laughing as they approached, and she assumed they had done something to her phone. "When PC Jeffries handed her back her phone, she opened it and noticed that the last application used was the camera. "She looked at the last photographs taken and saw what she believed to be a testicle. "She said: 'That's disgusting', and he (Jeffries) replied: 'Why are you getting offended? It's just a picture of my balls." Jeffriesalso faces accusations that he made "discourteous remarks motivated by race" about a second female colleague at Wembley Police Station in 2019. "She says that PC Fitzpatrick invited her to take a seat, whereupon PC Jeffries said to her 'no, take a knee'. "That remark, the authorities say, was no doubt a reference to a gesture used by the Black Lives Matter movement." Mr Ford told the hearing of a second incident in which the female officer went to open a door at the police station to find PC Jeffries holding it shut as a joke. "When he released the door, he laughed and said to her words along the lines of: 'I thought you were going to start screaming Black Lives Matter'." The female officer was "annoyed and upset about this remark" and recalled another occasion when PC Jeffries pretending to light-heartedly punch her and then said: "Oh, Black Lives Matter! Black Lives Matter!" Both officers could face the sack if the allegations against them are proved as gross misconduct. The hearing continues.
Glasgow Times
18-06-2025
- Glasgow Times
Met Police tutor dismissed after biting student on neck and touching her thigh
Pc Chris Lee, who was a street duties instructor/tutor on one of the force's Borough Command Units, also touched the bottom of the student's back in a pub just three weeks into her course, a misconduct panel said. He then texted the student after an end of course drinks event saying it was 'important to have a good time at work' and that she 'just didn't get' his behaviour. Pc Lee had joined the Met in 2018, while the student was working on the unit and had began her course in October 2021. There was a 'jovial culture' on the unit with tutors and students often going out for drinks together, as was the case when they went to the pub after work on November 5 2021, the panel said. Pc Lee first put his hand on the student's thigh while she was sitting next to him in the pub. As she then leaned across him later in the evening, the tutor then bit her on the left side of her neck, causing the student to say 'he just bit me', the panel said. The student later said in evidence that the bite was 'not that hard' and did not leave a mark, but that she had 'felt teeth not lips'. The tutor stated in evidence that he had consumed six or seven pints of beer that evening, and was drunk at the time of the incidents but still 'bodily capable'. A Metropolitan Police sign on the side of a London Metropolitan police motorcycle (Andrew Matthews/PA) He accepted he had touched the student's thigh and kissed her on the neck, but denied touching her back and biting her. But the panel found both of the disputed allegations proven on the balance of probabilities, and that Pc Lee's conduct was sexual and inappropriate in nature as he was attracted to the student. A discussion involving Pc Lee and the student about favourite tutors then took place at the end of course drinks several weeks later, again at a pub, on December 3 2021, the panel said. When his name was not mentioned, the tutor said to the student 'What did you just say', 'Who are your favourite tutors', and 'We got you your IPS (Independent Patrol Status) they didn't'. The following day, Pc Lee sent the student a text about the discussion which said: 'I'm sorry you felt we were rude but we were not intentionally, that's our personalities together and I think it's important to have a good time at work. 'At no point did we every say anything rude against you and I'm sorry you felt that we were rude. 'You just didn't get us which is fine.' The comments made by Pc Lee towards the student at the pub were found by the panel to be humiliating for her. They found the tutor's overall behaviour in both incidents together amounted to gross misconduct, as it breached the force's Standards of Professional Behaviour. Pc Lee was subsequently dismissed without notice at a misconduct hearing and placed on the College of Policing barred list.
Leader Live
18-06-2025
- Leader Live
Met Police tutor dismissed after biting student on neck and touching her thigh
Pc Chris Lee, who was a street duties instructor/tutor on one of the force's Borough Command Units, also touched the bottom of the student's back in a pub just three weeks into her course, a misconduct panel said. He then texted the student after an end of course drinks event saying it was 'important to have a good time at work' and that she 'just didn't get' his behaviour. Pc Lee had joined the Met in 2018, while the student was working on the unit and had began her course in October 2021. There was a 'jovial culture' on the unit with tutors and students often going out for drinks together, as was the case when they went to the pub after work on November 5 2021, the panel said. Pc Lee first put his hand on the student's thigh while she was sitting next to him in the pub. As she then leaned across him later in the evening, the tutor then bit her on the left side of her neck, causing the student to say 'he just bit me', the panel said. The student later said in evidence that the bite was 'not that hard' and did not leave a mark, but that she had 'felt teeth not lips'. The tutor stated in evidence that he had consumed six or seven pints of beer that evening, and was drunk at the time of the incidents but still 'bodily capable'. He accepted he had touched the student's thigh and kissed her on the neck, but denied touching her back and biting her. But the panel found both of the disputed allegations proven on the balance of probabilities, and that Pc Lee's conduct was sexual and inappropriate in nature as he was attracted to the student. A discussion involving Pc Lee and the student about favourite tutors then took place at the end of course drinks several weeks later, again at a pub, on December 3 2021, the panel said. When his name was not mentioned, the tutor said to the student 'What did you just say', 'Who are your favourite tutors', and 'We got you your IPS (Independent Patrol Status) they didn't'. The following day, Pc Lee sent the student a text about the discussion which said: 'I'm sorry you felt we were rude but we were not intentionally, that's our personalities together and I think it's important to have a good time at work. 'At no point did we every say anything rude against you and I'm sorry you felt that we were rude. 'You just didn't get us which is fine.' The comments made by Pc Lee towards the student at the pub were found by the panel to be humiliating for her. They found the tutor's overall behaviour in both incidents together amounted to gross misconduct, as it breached the force's Standards of Professional Behaviour. Pc Lee was subsequently dismissed without notice at a misconduct hearing and placed on the College of Policing barred list.
