Andy Gardner would have been sacked had he still been a serving officer, police say
A former police officer who hacked into his girlfriend's social media account committed gross misconduct, a disciplinary panel has found.
He later pleaded guilty to computer misuse and was handed a community order and banned from contacting the woman.A police spokesperson said when he accessed the account - in November 2018 - he changed the password, enabling him to get into the account without the owner's knowledge, which he kept hidden until his arrest.
He was sentenced to a 12-month community order on 7 March and given a three-year restraining order - barring him from contacting and going within 100 metres of the woman he had been in a relationship with.He was the subject of a gross misconduct hearing, on 2 September, and was alleged to have breached the standards of professional behaviour - namely honesty and integrity, authority, respect and courtesy, and discreditable conduct.
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