Force ignored attacks by my girl claims policeman

A DETECTIVE is suing his force for sex discrimination, claiming he suffered domestic abuse that was ignored because he was a man.

Detective Constable Gareth Yates says that he reported his girlfriend to Cheshire Police for alleged assault, theft and stalking but the force did not deal with the allegations because of his gender.

His claim was allowed to proceed by an employment judge, who rejected attempts by Cheshire Police to have it thrown out.

Det Con Yates claims that his partner, who has not been named, subjected him to a campaign of abuse between 2013 and 2016, which also included a string of “malicious communications”.

He reported several alleged crimes by his partner between July 2013 and September 2016, an employment tribunal in Liverpool was told.

Cheshire Police had tried to have the sex discrimination claim thrown out on the grounds that they were now investigating his claims, therefore there could not be any

Det Con Yates... discrimination claim discrimination. But Det Con Yates said the force’s decision to eventually investigate his allegations supported his claim.

The force also said the claim had little or no reasonable prospect of success, adding that defects in its system of reporting crime identified in 2017 were organisational and nothing to do with the officer’s gender. Det Con Yates represented himself at the most recent tribunal hearing, when the employment judge said his sex discrimination claim will proceed to a full hearing.

He dismissed another claim of victimisation due to making a public interest disclosure. An application by Det Con Yates to amend his claim to include one of detriment due to public interest disclosure was also dismissed. Allowing the claim of direct sex discrimination to go to a full hearing, employment judge John Sherratt said: “I do not consider it appropriate to strike out the claim without the evidence being heard and tested.”