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Pat Hurst & Katie Timms & Flora Thompson & Hannah Mackenzie Wood

Police detective 'too poor' to afford son's school meals and fears losing home

A police officer regularly has to ask her mum for help affording to feed her young son and put fuel in her car, despite working as a detective.

Vicky Knight, a detective constable with North Wales Police service, told the Police Federation annual conference that she has 'never felt this poor'.

The 47-year-old spoke of her 'embarrassment' at having to ask family for money just to afford the basics and worries she could lose her home, Devon Live reports.

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