Avon and Somerset Police’s Chief Constable Nick Gargan’s misconduct hearing will begin on Monday 29th June, it was decided at a preliminary hearing yesterday (Friday 24th April).
The hearing was held to address disclosure issues which needed to be settled before the full misconduct hearing could be held.
The proceedings were overseen by the Chair of the misconduct panel, Dorian Lovell-Pank QC, who listened to representations about whether some documents could be disclosed and made the necessary directions to the legal teams.
It means that the Chair set a date for the full hearing which will now begin on Monday 29th June and he directed that ten days should be set aside for the case to be heard.
An independent panel including the Chair, Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary Wendy Williams and independent member John Rickard will hear the case and provide their findings in a report to the Police and Crime Commissioner to help inform her decision on the outcome of the proceedings.
Gargan was suspended in May last year after a number of ‘serious allegations’ about inappropriate behaviour towards female police officers and leaking internal emails.
