Newly-elected councillor Andrew Hamilton-Grey was sacked as police officer

The BBC can reveal {that a} newly-elected Leicestershire county councillor was sacked from the police final 12 months.

Andrew Hamilton-Grey gained a seat in Loughborough for Reform, with nearly 40% of the vote.

It has now emerged {that a} police misconduct listening to in January 2024 discovered he had known as in sick, to journey to Spain, when he ought to have been working as a PC.

The misconduct listening to discovered that was certainly one of two events when he reported sick to pursue his exterior enterprise pursuits.

Posting on social media after his election on 1 Might, Hamilton-Grey mentioned he had spent most of his life “serving the Crown”.

He pledged to serve Loughborough North West “with honour, integrity and transparency”.

Now it has emerged that he was a former police officer, and had been dismissed from Leicestershire Police in January 2024.

He was sacked for breaching skilled requirements on “honesty and integrity, discreditable conduct, orders and directions, and duties and obligations”.

Hamilton-Grey’s web page on LinkedIn advertises a consultancy advising “high-end dealerships within the luxurious automobile market”.

It says he has over 13 years of expertise within the trade, with experience in advertising manufacturers comparable to Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche, Lamborghini, Bentley and McLaren.

Leicestershire Police Federation, which represented the previous officer, has confirmed that his misconduct listening to associated to promoting luxurious automobiles.

The panel heard that the drive had given him permission to run a automobile gross sales enterprise in his personal time.

The misconduct panel heard that PC Grey, as he was then recognized, utilized for go away to ship a automobile to Barcelona in April 2023.

A part of his go away request was rejected. However every week later, he booked a return ferry ticket from Portsmouth, returning over two days when he was scheduled to work.

He reported in sick solely hours earlier than the outward crusing, the panel heard.

A month later, two law enforcement officials stopped PC Grey within the passenger seat of a classic crimson Porsche. The panel heard that he was giving a possible purchaser a take a look at drive whereas he was signed off sick.

After PC Grey’s dismissal, Leicestershire’s then Chief Constable Rob Nixon described his conduct as “deliberate” and “deliberate” deception.

“Misconduct of this nature undermines self-discipline and good order throughout the police service and is more likely to undermine confidence in policing,” he mentioned.

“Whereas this misconduct was confined to a single episode inside an extended and distinguished police profession, it’s with a heavy coronary heart, having thought of the complete circumstances of the case and the steering, I discover the suitable final result on this case is dismissal with out discover.”

Hamilton-Grey has been on the Faculty of Policing barred record since his dismissal from the drive.

He advised the BBC he has been suggested to not remark.

He’s listed as a registered director of two Loughborough-based corporations, Speedster Automobiles Ltd and Hamilton Grey Consultancy Ltd.

He resigned as a director of one other automobile agency, Hamilton Grays Ltd, in December 2017.

Reform UK has additionally been approached for remark.