A Gwent Police officer who was found to have committed gross misconduct has appealed against the decision.
Chief inspector Paul Staniforth was dismissed in September alongside Chief Superintendent Marc Budden. Former Chief Superintendent Mark Warrender was also have found to have committed gross misconduct and would have been dismissed, but he retired on September 2, 2022 just days before he would have been dismissed (after being suspended for three years).
Both Budden and Warrender had both been suspended on full pay since the summer of 2019 and it’s estimated they have received a combined gross total of at least £500,000 during this time. It is unknown whether Staniforth had been suspended.
