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23.04.2024 - 10:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A former Greater Manchester Police officer's behaviour has been described as 'extremely odd' after she kept her uniform and some equipment when she was resigned from the force.
Abigail Barlow, from Rochdale, worked for the force for four-and-a-half years before leaving in January 2023. She resigned three days after being sentenced over a 'repeated' domestic abuse against her partner.
The 'regular and repeated' abuse towards her partner had a 'serious psychological impact' on them, a disciplinary hearing was told. She pleaded guilty to controlling and coercive behaviour at Mold Magistrates' Court in December 2022 and on January 17, 2023, was handed 26-weeks imprisonment suspended for two years as well as unpaid work and rehabilitation activities.
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She was then banned from the profession at a GMP misconduct hearing last July, with Chief Constable Stephen Watson describing her actions 'incompatible with the role of police officer'. He said she would have been dismissed from the force had she not already quit.
He described her 'cruel, coercive and violent behaviour' as 'more than a simple lapse of judgement'. Now, the 33-year-old has appeared at another court after officers found police uniform and equipment at her home after she resigned.
The offences came to light after an alleged incident involving a different partner. Andrew Page, prosecuting, told Liverpool Magistrates Court that police were called to her home in April last year to investigate a complaint by her partner.
No prosecution followed from that, but while there officers searched her home. They found a PAVA spray - which is similar to pepper spray - and a
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