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Former DC David Fall outcome summary
Misconduct hearing outcome
Officers concerned: Former Detective Constable David Fall

Dates of hearing: 3 to 7 February 2025

Summary
Former DC David Fall faced 14 allegations of breach of Discreditable Conduct and one allegation of a breach of Confidentiality relating to the domestic abuse and harassment against seven of his former partners between June 2014 to December 2020.

The Panel found all allegations against former DC David Fall proven at Gross Misconduct.

Decision
DC David Fall would have been dismissed without notice had he still been a serving officer.

Allegations 1-10
During your relationship with Ms A, spanning the period June 2014 to July 2017, you physically assaulted her in the following ways: (i) you hit her with a broom handle on her side and / or her legs (in or about February 2015); and / or [Not Proven as the former officer was not a serving police office at these dates.] (ii) you held her head held under the kitchen tap and / or splashed water into her face (in or about September 2015); and / or [Not Proven as the former officer was not a serving police office at these dates.] (iii) you poked her in the stomach whilst pregnant and / or ripped her hooded top and / or [Proven] (iv) forcefully removed her hooded top and / or said words to the effect that you could rape her if you wanted to (in or about May 2016), and / or [Proven] (v) you hit her on the head by throwing your mobile telephone at her (in or about 2016), and / or [Proven] (vi) you jabbed her in the back and / or shoulder with a fork (in or about June/July 2016); and / or [Proven] (vii) you pulled her hair and pushed her against a doorframe or similar whilst on a caravan holiday (in or about April 2017). [Proven] 2. During your relationship with Ms A, spanning the period June 2014 to July 2017, and / or following its termination, you harassed and / or upset Ms A by messaging her and / or calling her phone repeatedly and / or you harassed and / or upset Ms A by turning up at her address uninvited. [Proven] Re: Ms B 3. During your relationship with Ms B spanning the period October 2017 to March 2020, you physically assaulted her as follows: [Proven] 2 (i) you poured a pint of beer over her and / or threw a sandwich at her (in or about December 2019); and / or [Proven] (iii) you pushed a sandwich into her face and / or slapped her and / or pulled her hair and / or threatened to rape her (in or about February 2020); and / or [Proven] (iv) you grabbed and / or held and / or bruised her arm when she tried to leave you (in or about February 2020); and / or [Proven] (v) you threw a pint of water over her. [Proven] 4. During your relationship with Ms B spanning the period October 2017 to March 2020, and / or following its termination, you harassed and / or upset Ms B by messaging her and / or calling her phone repeatedly and / or you harassed and / or upset Ms B by turning up at her address uninvited. [Proven] Re: Ms C 5. During your relationship with Ms C spanning the period March 2020 to August 2020, and / or following its termination, you harassed and / or upset Ms C by messaging her and / or calling her phone repeatedly and / or you harassed and / or upset Ms C by turning up at her address uninvited. [Proven] Re: Ms D 6. During your relationship with Ms D spanning the period September / October 2020, and / or following its termination on or about 28th October 2020, you harassed and / or upset Ms D by messaging her and / or calling her phone repeatedly and / or you harassed and / or upset Ms D by turning up at her address uninvited. [Proven] 7. During your relationship with Ms D, in or about October 2020, you showed Ms D a confidential document related to your work without any proper policing purpose. The document consisted of a photograph of a crime scene depicting the body of a deceased male. [Proven] Re Ms E 8. Having met Ms E on a dating ‘app’ and after meeting her in person on just one occasion (on or about 25th September 2020), you harassed and / or upset Ms E by messaging her and / or calling her phone repeatedly during September / October 2020, and / or you harassed and / or upset Ms E by messaging her repeatedly and / or inappropriately when you suspected she had gone out with another person (on or about 9th October 2020). [Proven] Re Ms F 9. During your relationship with Ms F spanning the period October to December 2020, you harassed and / or upset Ms F by taking a photograph of her whilst she was naked without her knowledge and / or consent and / or you harassed and / or upset Ms F by retaining that photograph on your phone without her knowledge and / or consent.

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