AMBER PEAT HEARING - PC admits sending text to friend saying teenager’s body had been found before family were told
PC Samantha Goodwin sent a total of three texts to the friend around the time the teen’s body was discovered hanging in undergrowth in Mansfield in May, a disciplinary hearing at Nottinghamshire Police headquarters was told today.
The hearing heard that at least one text message was sent before Amber’s relatives had been informed and several shortly afterwards.
PC Goodwin admitted all the charges laid against her at the hearing and has been found to have ‘harmed the integrity of the force’.
The hearing is expected to conclude later today.