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A UK police officer holding a breathalyser(Image: -)<\/p>\nInspector Andrew Griffiths was convicted of drink driving at a Chester Magistrates Court hearing last monthA UK police officer holding a breathalyser(Image: -)<\/p>\n
A Welsh police inspector has been sacked after being found guilty of drink driving. Inspector Andrew Griffiths, 55, was convicted at Chester Magistrates Court<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n On Friday (August 8), a North Wales Police<\/a> gross misconduct hearing concluded that Inspector Griffiths had committed gross misconduct. As a result, he was dismissed from the force and added to the College of Policing barred list, according to the Leader.<\/p>\n The court heard that Griffiths had been behind the wheel of an Audi in Erbistock, Wrexham<\/a>, when the offence occurred on May 11 this year.<\/p>\n Following his conviction, he was banned from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 25 months. This ban can be reduced by 25 weeks if he successfully completes an approved drink driving course by December 7, 2026.<\/p>\n Griffiths was also ordered to attend up to five days of rehabilitation activity, reports North Wales Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n After the court case, Deputy Chief Constable Nigel Harrison stated: “We acknowledge the verdict of the court in this case. Drink driving can never be accepted and poses a huge risk to other road users. Inspector Griffiths will now be subject to Gross Misconduct procedures.”<\/p>\n North Wales Police declined to comment on the misconduct proceedings when approached by North Wales Live.<\/p>\n Get daily breaking news updates <\/strong>on your phone by joining our WhatsApp community here<\/a>. We occasionally treat members to special offers, promotions and ads from us and our partners. See our Privacy Notice<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inspector Andrew Griffiths was convicted of drink driving at a Chester Magistrates Court hearing last monthA UK police…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,30,188,4884,23824,16,15,1764,18833],"class_list":{"0":"post-335884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-courts","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-north-wales-police","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wales","16":"tag-wrexham"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115010513580438043","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}