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How a dead police officer’s phone exposed misogyny, corruption and racism

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Women in Gwent Police - Who Have You Talked To?

Hannah Alothman is a news reporter for the Sunday Times in Manchester. She set about trying to find women who are all were Gwent police officers. The women that I spoke to had all at some point served with Gwent police. Three of them decided that they did want their stories told in the Sunday Times. All three female officers reported older senior male officers for things ranging from domestic abuse to bullying, sexual assault and all three of the women had been discredited themselves. One woman said she was dismissed on the basis of spurious allegations so it would discredit her at a hearing for the officer whom she'd accused of sexual assault.

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