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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
John Scheerhout

Experienced cop sacked for 'sexual misconduct' with a student officer in a police station shower room during nightshift

An experienced police officer has been sacked after pursuing a student cop and then engaging in sexual conduct with her at a police station during a nightshift. PC Christopher Armstrong admitted it was wrong but insisted it was 'consensual'.

He was said to have driven to the junior colleague's home and 'groped' her and a month later tried to have sex with her in a shower room after giving the probationer a tour of Middleton police station.

Now he has has been sacked by Greater Manchester Police following a disciplinary hearing. He is one of 158 serving GMP officers accused of sexual misconduct in the last five years.

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