Two police officers have been sacked without prior notice after they were both found guilty of performing acts of sexual misconduct towards two of their female colleagues on a night out in Derby. Special Chief Inspector Andy Whitworth was alleged to have pinched a female Special Constable's bottom while former Special Sergeant Gary Sims was alleged to have slapped another's.
Both men were serving with the British Transport Police (BTP) when the offence took place at an off duty social gathering in the city on the evening of October 16 and into the early hours of October 17 2021. The BTP shared no further details on the exact location of the incident, the Derby Telegraph reports.
Following their offensive actions, both men qualified for a misconduct trial at BTP Headquarters in Camden which lasted from September 5 to September 8. After the allegations, amounting to gross misconduct, were found proven, both were dismissed without notice.
