A POLICE misconduct panel has been sent out to rule on an officer accused of talking about having oral sex with a female colleague.

The serving Dorset Police officer is facing allegations of gross misconduct during a train journey travelling home from a work trip.

The officer, who cannot be named due to reporting restrictions, reportedly visited a number of pubs before boarding their train at London Waterloo.

On April 13, 2022, the group of eight police staff boarded a train at 8.30pm where they allegedly spoke inappropriately about a colleague.

Witnesses said the police staff played a game of ‘snog marry avoid’ and joked about how much they would pay to perform oral sex on their colleague.

The officer accused is said to have either participated in the conversation, or heard it and not put a stop to it.

During closing remarks, Mr Mark Ley-Morgan representing the authority, said he believes it is not a “serious challenge” as to whether the conversation took place.

However, the officer accused denies that anything inappropriate was discussed on the journey.

Mr Ley-Morgan said it cannot be true that the allegations have been “embellished or exaggerated” as one of the witness accounts were put in writing before the accusations.

He added that when the officer was first approached about the train journey, he knew “exactly” what was being asked and “appeared uncomfortable.”

Whereas Mr George Thomas, representing the officer, said: “Sitting there while colleagues have a conversation is not engaging, even laughing along is not engaging.”

He added: “There is no explanation why he would have acted so out of character.”

Mr Thomas also questioned why other witnesses’ lack of memory from the incident two years ago is not coming into question.

“Why is his inability to remember the train journey so suspicious?”

The officer previously said that he was not aware of any inappropriate conversation and if he was he would have put a stop to it.

The police misconduct panel chaired by David Sapiecha along with Neil Corrigan and John Evans has now been sent out to begin decision making.

The panel has been given five working days to make a ruling.