A trainee police officer can now be named after his plea for anonymity was rejected once he was found guilty of gross misconduct for sexually inappropriate behaviour.

Christopher Mallam’s career was cut short after he was found to have made a number of sexually derogative comments to female colleagues before rubbing his groin on one of them.

He was just six weeks into his training when he was ‘hoicked’ out of a session after a series of complaints were made about his sexualised behaviour.

Three female officers experienced misogynistic behaviour during that period but it was when he ground himself into the bottom of one of them during a self-defence exercise that they decided to report him.

Despite being cleared of any criminal wrongdoing he still faced the sack after he was deemed to have breached professional standards between September and October 2020.

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An independent panel ruled the trainee officer can be named after it was proved that he had behaved in a sexualised and misogynistic manner and recommended he be dismissed without notice.

Chairman Nick Hawkins said: “PC Mallam breached the standards of professional behaviour on 13 occasions within his first weeks in the police service.

“His behaviour can be characterised as wholly inappropriate sexualised comments, unwanted inappropriate direct messaging of a young female officer and unwanted physical contact with the same officer.

“His comments showed he was objectifying women and continued after he was told to stop.

“The public has a right to expect all officers to behave in a manner which is respectful and does not discriminate. His conduct has brought discredit on the force.”

Mallam’s disgusting behaviour also included unwanted conversations about vibrators and ‘sexy nurse’ outfits.

One of the trainee officers reported him after he told her that he liked to be woken up with a sex act on a morning.

Stephen Morley, representing Cleveland Police, called for the trainee officer to be dismissed without notice to protect the reputation of the force and to show that sexualised and misogynistic behaviour will not be tolerated.

He said: “This is a serious case of misconduct. These were his doing, his choices; they were intentional and deliberate.

“These events are purely his own doing.”

Mallam didn’t attend the final day of the hearing but his mother and partner were there to hear the panel’s decision.

Guy Ladenberg, representing the officer, said his client behaviour could be described as ‘awkward and gauche’ attempt at humour in a bid to ingratiate himself with his new colleagues.

He said: “This was misguided, ill-judged- humour – however in appropriate.”

As a result of his sacking for gross misconduct he will be automatically placed on the College of Policing’s barred list banning him from working for any other force in the country.

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