Mike Veale denies making remarks of a sexual nature prior to taking up a role in Leicestershire
A former police chief constable told a female colleague she could touch herself as they were sitting together in a car, a misconduct panel has heard.
The 57-year-old faces a week-long disciplinary hearing in Middlesbrough after Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner Steve Turner brought the case following an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct.Representing the PCC, Dijen Basu KC said Mr Veale had been in a car with a colleague referred to as Witness B in November 2018 with the pair on their way to visit the chief executive of Stockton Council.
The barrister said Mr Veale denies glancing at the woman's lap in the car and that he said he had been "making a joke about the fact she could pinch herself at being in the presence of such a well-regarded chief constable". The panel's chairwoman, Sara Fenoughty, agreed to an application by Witness B for her evidence to be given in private, away from the press and public.
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