A serving Merseyside Police officer could face the end of his career after being accused of deliberately injuring himself to fake evidence.
The officer, PC Danny McCrystal, is due to face a misconduct hearing next week before an independent panel which will decide whether the allegations are true and then what punishment he would face.
According to a notice on the Merseyside Police website, PC McCrystal caused the injury to himself to create photographic evidence which he hoped would support a criminal prosecution.
