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PC who showed girlfriend body-cam video of dead man in bedroom 'would have been sacked'

A PC accused of showing his PCSO girlfriend body-cam footage of a dead man in a bedroom would have been sacked had he not quit the police, a misconduct panel has ruled.

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The hearing of former North Wales PC Matthew Roberts was held in private at Colwyn Bay, despite press objections.

On Friday a decision notice was published. He was found guilty of gross misconduct.

It was alleged between late January and late November 2022, he was in a relationship with North Wales PCSO Manon Roberts and on a number of occasions when he was off-duty showed her body-worn video footage.