Detectives deny falsifying documents in abuse case

Two police officers accused of falsifying documents in a child abuse case today (mon) denied misconduct in a public office. Detective Constable Sharon Patterson, 48, and former DC Lee Pollard, 46, allegedly lied to their supervisors while acting as Essex Police detectives between 2012 and 2014. Patterson falsified a witness statement and police reports and submitted them to her superiors in order that charges would be dropped in ongoing investigations, prosecutors say. She ‘wilfully misconducted herself by falsely representing the…