Police officer used fake email accounts to score free beer

A POLICE officer used fake email addresses to order dozens of free pints of lager during England’s Euro 2020 win over Germany, a misconduct hearing has found.

Despite there being a one-per-person limit, Paul Elliott and his friends exploited a Heineken promotional offer in a Sheffield pub to secure 26 pints between them, a disciplinary panel heard.

Elliott, who had three years’ service, would have been sacked if he had not already resigned as a Humberside officer, a tribunal ruled yesterday after saying his dishonesty amounted to gross misconduct.

The former officer also failed to disclose a speeding offence and that he had been identified as a suspect in a criminal investigation when he made an application to transfer to the Derbyshire force.

Nick Hawkins, the panel’s independent chairman, said Elliott would be banned from being a police officer. “The public have a right to expect police officers to behave with honesty and integrity,” he said.