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Leeds police officer PC Daniel Hepworth facing misconduct charge after causing high-speed crash

A former West Yorkshire Police officer is due to attend a misconduct hearing after he was convicted of dangerous driving.

PC Daniel Hepworth had been responding to reports of a suicidal woman who had self-harmed in Leeds on September 30, 2020, before he decided to drive her to hospital himself, Sheffield Crown Court heard in August.

The court heard the officer was 'on the verge of a breakdown' when he faked an emergency and caused a crash after speeding.

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