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Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk

Elite Met Police officer in Queen's funeral procession guilty of gross misconduct but spared the sack

A Metropolitan Police officer who was in the Queen’s funeral procession has been spared the sack for abusing the police database after a late-night bust-up with his wife.

PC Gareth Carter was stopped and questioned by Met colleagues on the banks of the River Thames after he and his wife were found hunting for her lost wedding ring.

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