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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
John Scheerhout

"You've been texting.... he's a f*****g copper! I'm f*****g having you": Off-duty police officer and his girlfriend chased grandmother into a shopping centre car park 'for 'texting at the wheel'

The internal affairs department of Greater Manchester Police is investigating following claims a woman was 'chased' by an 'off-duty police officer and his girlfriend' into a car park for 'texting at the wheel'.

Gwendoline Persse, 56, a grandmother from Heaton Chapel, said she became lost as she drove to Manchester Road retail park in Hyde.

She says she was using Google Maps on her phone, which was mounted in a cradle, when she suddenly heard the sound of a car horn and shouting coming from a car which pulled up alongside her.

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