Essex Police sergeant cleared over overtime claim

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 13 Oct, 15:28 · Archive

Essex Police sergeant Richard Lewington has been cleared of falsely claiming overtime.

Sergeant Richard Lewington of Essex Police has been cleared of wrongdoing after being accused of falsely claiming overtime while acting as an on-call Essex Police Federation representative.

The allegation related to an incident where the Professional Standards Department requested assistance. Sgt Lewington was not the designated primary on-call representative at the time, but the panel heard that he had agreed with the primary representative to attend in their place.

A gross misconduct hearing was held at Colbea Central Colchester Business Centre from 5 to 8 October. The panel concluded that Sgt Lewington was properly on duty and entitled to claim overtime for the hours he worked.

Assistant chief constable Lucy Morris, who chaired the panel, said the panel had found that 'Sergeant Richard Lewington had not acted dishonestly or with improper intent'. She added that 'his attendance to support with the incident in question was found to be proper and he was entitled to be paid for the work he had carried out'.

The panel found that Sgt Lewington had no case to answer. Essex Police said the force would 'work to support him following the conclusion of this hearing'.

Essex Police sergeant cleared over overtime claim — Image: Echo (Basildon)

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Essex Police sergeant cleared over false overtime claimsEssex Police sergeant Richard Lewington cleared of false overtime claim at gross misconduct hearing held October 5 to 8; panel found no case to answer in Essex.Echo (Basildon) · 13 Oct, 15:00
Essex Police sergeant cleared over false overtime claimsEssex Police sergeant Richard Lewington cleared of false overtime claim at gross misconduct hearing held October 5 to 8; panel found no case to answer in Essex.Colchester Gazette · 13 Oct, 15:00
Essex Police sergeant cleared over false overtime claimsEssex Police sergeant Richard Lewington cleared of false overtime claim at gross misconduct hearing held October 5 to 8; panel found no case to answer in Essex.Brentwood Guardian · 13 Oct, 15:00

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