A police constable plans to appeal against his dismissal for gross misconduct after a probe found that he had sex with five different women while on duty.
Troy Van-Eda, who claimed he was separated from his wife, was sacked without notice from the Greater Manchester Police. The move followed an 18-month-long internal investigation undertaken by the force’s Professional Standards Branch after a formal complaint was made about his behaviour by one of the women concerned.
Two others also gave statements to the police, alleging that they had sex with the 44-year-old father of three while he was on duty. A further two women gave similar evidence at the disciplinary hearing.
According to the Daily Telegraph, the only female named, Joanne Pinder, claimed that they had had sex in the boiler room of Littleborough Police Station in April 2004, after he had pulled her over for failing to wear a seatbelt the day before.
Rather than issue her with a fine, he asked for her phone number instead, she attested. They stayed together for three years until Pinder, a charity support worker, discovered that he was seeing another woman.
“He received a salary to do an important job, not to sleep with women. There are many decent people who would love the chance to become a police officer. He used his police to feed his obsession with women”, she claimed.
Even though Van-Eda was accused of gross misconduct when the inquiry against him was launched in 2010, he remained on restricted duties at Rochdale Police Station for 18 months, but was banned from contact with the public.
The disciplinary panel of senior officers dismissed his claims that he was the victim of a smear campaign, but he continues to deny the allegations.
