A police officer has been dismissed from GMP for drink driving. PC Jarmila Kocanova, who was convicted for the offence after pleading guilty in court last June, was more than four times the legal limit when she was caught.
Apologising for her actions, the Rochdale resident said she 'genuinely regrets' the events which took place last April. At a misconduct hearing on Friday (April 28), a Police Federation representative urged the force not to dismiss her, telling GMP's top cop that the move would effectively make her homeless.
It comes after the father of her unborn child fled to Slovakia, leaving her with no family or support network in this country when she is due to give birth in August, according to her representative. GMP chief constable Stephen Watson said he fully accepts the officer's expressions of remorse but concluded that she should be dismissed with immediate effect.
