Cop ‘wrongly used number plate search’

A police officer accused of abusing his powers to search for a car number plate will stand trial next February. PC Ephraim Chalk, 31, is charged with improper use of the Police National Computer. The Barnet police constable – one of the few strictly Orthodox police officers in the UK – failed to attend court because his wife is about to give birth. The Metropolitan Police have said the charge follows an ‘alleged incident on March 21 during which the…