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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rosie Shead

Met detective who drank wine on duty was ‘so intoxicated he could not walk straight’

Former detective constable Sean Brierley would have been fired if he had not left the force, a panel has found - (Getty/iStock)

A police officer was “so intoxicated that he could not walk straight” after drinking wine on duty, a misconduct panel has found.

The officer has since left the Metropolitan Police – but would have been fired if he had not done so, the panel found.

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