A member of police staff has been sacked for 'deliberately' blocking toilets at GMP's headquarters. The Manchester Evening News can reveal the 'serious health and safety issue' cost the force around £7,000 to repair.
GMP said it had to shell out to 'rectify' blocked sewage. The member of police staff involved - who is not a warranted police officer - hasn't been identified.
They appeared before a gross misconduct hearing, where an allegation of 'discreditable conduct' was found proven. The staff member was later 'summarily dismissed'.
Greater Manchester Police is the third largest force in England and Wales and is based at Central Park in Newton Heath. It's understood details of the bizarre case have been posted onto the force's intranet, a copy of which was sent to the Manchester Evening News.
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