Corrupt GMP officer abused his position to have sexual relationships with women he met on duty

A GMP officer had inappropriate relationships with two women he met while on duty and pursued at least four more. When PC Simon Beech was arrested, he told two of the women not to speak to police or investigators from a watchdog.

Now a disciplinary panel has ruled he would have been dismissed without notice if he had not already resigned. A two-day hearing organised by the force found the officer abused his position for a sexual purpose.

After an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), an independently chaired panel found gross misconduct proven against former PC Beech, who was based in Stretford Police Station.

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PC Beech met the women after attending crimes in which the women either reported or were a witness to. Investigators discovered that just under 300 phone calls and texts were recorded in the space of a month to one of the numbers linked to the women.

In a statement, the IOPC said: "We received a mandatory conduct referral from the force in July 2017 and began an independent investigation, which concluded in November 2018. IOPC investigators arrested PC Beech and searched his home in July 2017.

"Some of the women identified through the phone calls and messages provided statements to IOPC investigators. One woman told us she met PC Beech after being a witness to a crime and she had provided a phone number.

"Investigators found evidence of PC Beech attempting to pursue inappropriate relationships with four other women by messaging them and this was found proven by the panel. There were also allegations about contacting two of the women after his arrest and telling them not to speak to