Met detective sacked after 'cruel and vindictive' abuse of ex-girlfriend
A detective who left cards in pub toilets falsely claiming his ex-girlfriend was a prostitute has been sacked.
Ian Mangham was dismissed by Scotland Yard for discreditable conduct after a "cruel and vindictive" campaign of abuse against his former partner.
The detective sergeant, based in Barking and Dagenham, met the woman because she was a victim of domestic violence and pursued her until they began a relationship.
But he began bombarding her with unwanted postal deliveries after they split in 2013, and put her phone number on cards advertising sexual services and left them in pub toilets and phone boxes.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed today that Mangham had been sacked without notice.
He was jailed for 16 weeks for harassment in May and ordered to pay £3,000 to his victim and £500 costs, as well as being placed under a restraining order.
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Met detective sacked after 'cruel and vindictive' abuse of ex-girlfriend
A detective who left cards in pub toilets falsely claiming his ex-girlfriend was a prostitute has been sacked.
Ian Mangham was dismissed by Scotland Yard for discreditable conduct after a "cruel and vindictive" campaign of abuse against his former partner.
The detective sergeant, based in Barking and Dagenham, met the woman because she was a victim of domestic violence and pursued her until they began a relationship.
But he began bombarding her with unwanted postal deliveries after they split in 2013, and put her phone number on cards advertising sexual services and left them in pub toilets and phone boxes.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed today that Mangham had been sacked without notice.
He was jailed for 16 weeks for harassment in May and ordered to pay £3,000 to his victim and £500 costs, as well as being placed under a restraining order.
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