New councillor Andrew Hamilton-Gray printed as sacked policeman

The BBC can disclose {that a} newly-elected Leicestershire County Councillor used to be sacked from the police closing yr.

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

It has now emerged {that a} police misconduct listening to in January 2024 discovered he had known as in unwell, to trip to Spain, when he will have to were operating as a PC.

The misconduct listening to discovered that used to be considered one of two events when he reported unwell to pursue his outdoor trade pursuits.

Posting on social media after his election on 1 May, Hamilton-Gray stated he had spent maximum of his lifestyles “serving the Crown”.

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

Now it has emerged that he used to be a former police officer, and have been pushed aside from Leicestershire Police in January 2024.

He used to be sacked for breaching skilled requirements on “honesty and integrity, discreditable conduct, orders and instructions, and duties and responsibilities”.

Hamilton-Gray’s web page on RelatedIn advertises a consultancy advising “high-end dealerships in the luxury car market”.

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

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

The panel heard that the power had given him permission to run a automotive gross sales trade in his personal time.

The misconduct panel heard that PC Gray, as he used to be then recognized, carried out for go away to ship a automotive to Barcelona in April 2023.

Part of his go away request used to be rejected. But per week later, he booked a go back ferry price tag from Portsmouth, returning over two days when he used to be scheduled to paintings.

He reported in unwell simplest hours ahead of the outward crusing, the panel heard.

A month later, two cops stopped PC Gray within the passenger seat of a antique purple Porsche. The panel heard that he used to be giving a possible purchaser a test-drive whilst he used to be signed off unwell.

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

“Misconduct of this nature undermines discipline and good order within the police service and is likely to undermine confidence in policing.

“While this misconduct used to be confined to a unmarried episode inside an extended and prominent police occupation, it’s with a heavy middle, having thought to be the whole cases of the case and the steerage, I to find the best result on this case is dismissal with out understand.”

Hamilton-Gray has been at the College of Policing barred listing since his dismissal from the Leicestershire Force.

He told the BBC he has been advised not to comment.

He is listed as a registered director of two Loughborough-based companies, Speedster Cars Ltd and Hamilton Gray Consultancy Ltd.

He resigned as a director of another car firm, Hamilton Grays Ltd, in December 2017.

Reform UK has also been approached for comment.