Misconduct cop faces year wait for trial

A police officer accused of engaging in misconduct with a drunken woman after she was kicked out of a nightclub must wait more than a year for his trial. PC Matthew Longmate, 46, faces one charge of wilfully misconducting himself while acting as a police officer in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, on 4 October 2015. PC Longmate spoke to confirm his name and date of birth and deny the single charge at Southwark Crown Court. The charge alleges that between 3 October…