Police officer sacked for targeting his ex-wife’s solicitor

A POLICE officer who “deliberately targeted” a divorce lawyer who represented his ex-wife has been sacked.

PC Nathan Lawn stopped the solicitor’s vehicle while she was driving in Blofield, Norfolk.

A hearing heard that he had then issued her a traffic offence report (TOR) for failing to wear a seatbelt on October 6 last year.

“At the time, PC Lawn knew that she was a solicitor who had represented his ex-wife during his divorce proceedings,” a misconduct hearing at Norfolk Police’s headquarters in Wymondham was told.

“PC Lawn deliberately targeted the solicitor when making the stop because she had represented his ex-wife during divorce proceedings.”

The hearing was told PC Lawn was “rude and confrontational” towards the woman, who has not been identified.

The hearing also heard that following the stop, he made a “concerted effort to seek to influence the outcome of the TOR” to ensure that she was fined and not offered a driver awareness course.

PC Lawn was also accused of mounting an “extended and committed campaign to discredit his ex-wife” to her employers.

PC Lawn was found to have breached expected standards for professional behaviour and he was dismissed without notice by the force.

He has the right of appeal to a Police Appeals Tribunal.