A POLICE officer broke down after she was accused of groping her colleagues and calling a fellow officer a “p***y” when he rejected her.
PC Pamela Pritchard, 29, allegedly twice touched a male officer’s groin and touched a woman colleague’s breasts on the night out last year.
PC Pamela Pritchard allegedly groped two colleagues and tried to kiss an inspectorCredit: WNS
She was quizzed under caution following the night outCredit: WNS
The mum told a tribunal she is ‘sorry’Credit: WNS
She is also accused of trying to kiss a male inspector – causing him to “pull away”.
A misconduct tribunal heard Pritchard allegedly called a fellow officer, PC Sion Jarvis, a “p***y” and repeatedly told him: “I want to f**k you”.
She was quizzed under caution following the night out in but was cleared of committing any .
PC Pritchard denies breaching standards of professional behaviour and also denies from the bash in March 2024.
She has apologised to PC Jarvis and Inspector Gareth Parry for trying to kiss him – but said she had “no recollection” of the events.
The mum-of-one told how she was left “suicidal” at the accusations she was a “sexual predator” after colleagues made complaints and she was suspended.
She broke down as she fought to keep her job, telling the tribunal: “I am really sorry. I am so sorry.”
The former worker and guard said she joined North Wales Police in 2023 as it was her “dream job” to become an officer.
But she was suspended whilst still in her probationary period following the actions just nine months after joining the force.
PC Pritchard insisted none of the alleged gropes were sexual and would have been accidental contact at most.
She said CCTV showed a “consensual” kiss with a male named only as PC B and that she was “clearly very intoxicated” when she tried to kiss an inspector.
She said: “My behaviour that evening was inappropriate I’ve never acted like that before. I’m absolutely mortified at the allegations.
“The statements and the CCTV that I have seen and heard that’s not who I am. I am not that person – I don’t recognise myself on that CCTV.
“I would never mean to offend anyone. I am not that kind of person I am a good person.”
PC Pritchard also wept as she told the panel she has “down the police force, myself, my friends and family and most of all I’ve let down my little girl”.
She added: “Please don’t think I’ve gone away and I haven’t thought about this from the moment I woke up to the moment I go to sleep.”
The tribunal heard the alleged acts took place at Caernarfon Rugby Club in North Wales.
One of the officers, named as PC B, was allegedly groped “out of the blue” while waiting to get a drink at the bar.
He said: “PC Pritchard grabbed me below the belt and put her hand on my genitals outside my clothing.
“To no extent was it appropriate – I felt kind of humiliated at that point.”
PC B also told the misconduct hearing PC Pritchard him again when he was outside in a smoking area.
The officer claimed later in the evening, PC Pritchard sat on his knee, put her hand around his neck and kissed him on the lips.
He told the panel her behaviour was “becoming more and more unacceptable”.
PC B added: “I never gave her any permission to do that. I was in a relationship at the time.
“She behaved as if she had carte blanche to do what she wanted.”
But PC Pritchard’s barrister Fiona Clancy suggested PC B had been “teasing her and interfering in her love life” during the night out.
The panel also heard from a female officer, PC A, who claimed she was groped by her colleague.
PC A said: “PC Pritchard came up from behind me, put both her arms around my neck, then put them under my armpits and grabbed my breasts and squeezed them.”
PC Pritchard later said she was “mortified” at being told about her drunken antics, which included “twerking” on the dancefloor.
She also shouted out “I’m the biggest lesbian here and I’ll fight any man” during the bash.
The charges state: “During the evening, you made inappropriate physical contact with two colleagues, neither of whom consented to this contact, either expressly or implied.
“You used insulting and inappropriate words/language towards two colleagues.
“You attempted to kiss another colleague causing him to pull away from you. This was unsolicited and inappropriate.”
PC Pritchard denies the allegations and the hearing in Colwyn Bay police HQ continues.
PC Pritchard was accused of being ‘inappropriate’Credit: WNS
She allegedly groped a female colleague’s breastCredit: WNS
The mum has denied gross misconductCredit: WNS
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