A female police officer performed oral sex on a fellow PC in a patrol car while on duty, a misconduct hearing was told today.

PC Abby Powell had sex with fellow officer Alex Price while they were both dressed in full uniform.

Powell, 28, quit the force after admitting to having sex in the car while on duty, while Price, 49, is still serving for South Wales Police.

Jonathan Walters, the presenting officer, told the police misconduct hearing that the pair were 'in a relationship'.

He said: 'She was alleged and admits performing oral sex on Price in a police vehicle while on duty.

PC Abby Powell and fellow officer Alex Price performed oral sex in a force car with both dressed in full uniform. Pictured is Price leaving the hearing today

'Powell faces and admits two allegations of sexual motivation while on duty.

'She was engaged in sexual touching with Price while both were on duty and in uniform at Tonyrefail Police Station.'

Price and Powell also admitted sexually-motivated touching while they worked together at Tonyrefail near Cardiff, South Wales.

Both admit the charges and accept that their actions amount to gross misconduct.

Mr Walters added: 'When interviewed about these matters, it was quite clear that Powell readily admitted her misconduct.'

Bespectacled Price also admitted to a charge of lying in a police interview and accepts that it amounted to a lack of integrity and dishonesty.

Mr Walters said: 'In his first interview Price denied repeatedly that he had conducted himself in the ways alleged which he now admits.

Price and Powell admitted sexually-motivated touching while they worked together at Tonyrefail near Cardiff, South Wales

'In a second interview three days later, Price admitted that what he had said in the first interview were lies.'

The patrol car sex is alleged to have happened while both were on duty in the autumn of 2017 and the pair were investigated a year later after allegations were made.

The disciplinary hearing was told Powell has since left the force. But both she and Price could face being banned from police work.

The Mr Walters said: 'Price remains a serving police officer. He faces three allegations.

'He has admitted all three and he accepts that all three amount to gross misconduct.'

The hearing at Cardiff County Hall continues.