PC guilty of gross misconduct after crashing car

Former PC Thomas Gibbs attended a misconduct hearing on Monday

A former police constable has been found guilty of gross misconduct after lying about crashing a colleague's privately owned car.

Thomas Gibbs, who was a response officer based in Swindon, breached Wiltshire Police's standards of professional behaviour - namely honesty, integrity and discreditable conduct.

On Monday, a misconduct hearing was told he had denied causing damage to the car and then failed to report the collision.

Dep Ch Con Mark Cooper, from Wiltshire Police, said: "Taking accountability for our actions is one of the cornerstones to maintaining the trust and confidence of the public."

Had he not previously resigned from the force in February, he would have been dismissed without notice, a police spokesperson added.

Gibbs has also since been banned from any further policing.