Concerns over "questionable integrity" of high-ranking Merseyside inspector and junior colleague

The Liverpool Echo reports "Concerns over "questionable integrity" of high-ranking Merseyside inspector and junior colleague"

They reveal that Merseyside Police bosses have 'long running fears' over the 'questionable integrity' of Inspector Mark Gorton and PC David Woods.

Both men remain employed following an internal probe by the Force's anti-corruption unit because there is not enough evidence to bring criminal or disciplinary charges.

PC David Woods was one of the officers responsible for unlawfully arresting me on my own front garden on a dark night in November 2009.

I subsequently received an out of court settlement in 2013 with regard to this incident.

The ECHO also reports that PC David Woods runs a sideline business selling machetes, knives and realistic replica guns, as well as mugs bearing the Nazi insignia.

Military Mart, of which Woods is a co-director, sells weapons including bayonets and axes from a warehouse in Ormskirk.



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Five suspended Matrix Police Officers Sacked!

Five Police Officers from Merseysides Matrix squad (pictured) were today sacked from the force.

The Officers were sacked on the spot at a disciplinary panel, after photos were found on a mobile phone of an Officer being investigated for theft, showing them larking around and posing with household items whilst carrying out a house search.

After a three month internal inquiry in which Police Sgt Charlie Tennant was sacked and is currently on bail, the five constables in the photo were found guilty of gross misconduct and were also sacked.

Source: Liverpool Echo