A Metropolitan Police officer, PC Matthew Cosgrove, has been sacked from the force and ordered to pay over £2,000 by the court following his conviction for harassing his wife, Clair Bolton. PC Cosgrove, aged 45, residing at Shelduck Close in Rochester, was found guilty of harassment in a trial held at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on September 27 last year.
After a subsequent misconduct hearing conducted on December 13, PC Cosgrove, who resides in Kent, was dismissed from the force without notice. An outcome summary, available on the Met Police website, cited “Gross Misconduct proven for discreditable conduct following the officer’s conviction for Harassment” and “Dismissal without notice.
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