A police officer is to get more than £15,000 in back pay after it was ruled that she was wrongfully sacked following a racist outburst.

PC Katie Barratt called pizza staff ‘f***ing P***s’ when she ordered food while drunk after her work Christmas party.

A panel found her dismissal had been unreasonable meaning she can now return to the beat and claim lost earnings.

PC Katie Barratt won her job back (Picture: NCJM)

PC Barratt’s bosses said that the racial slur could ‘seriously damage’ the police reputation and raises questions about whether she is fit to serve in Asian communities.

Northumbria police barrister Steven Reid said: ‘Sadly it confirms a stereotype that is unfortunately held in some communities about the police.’

She was at the Spice of Punjab when she told colleagues: ‘I wish these f***ing p***s would hurry up with my pizza’.

It was also claimed she had called them ‘n*****s, something PC Barratt never denied.

Her barrister Guy Ladenburg said she had not touched a drop of alcohol since the incident in 2017.

Her punishment was downgraded to a final warning (Picture: NCJM)

He added that she felt she should not have been sacked ‘because it is not the worst kind or racism’ adding that it was a one-off and she should be given a second chance.

PC Barratt accepted ‘it was only luck’ nobody else apart from her colleagues heard her racist language.

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Chairman of the disciplinary panel Dorian Lovell-Park said they ’roundly condemned’ her comments, but downgraded the punishment to a final warning.

Detective Superintendent Sav Patsalos said: ‘We expect officers and staff to maintain the highest levels of professionalism at all times and I want to assure the public that we are committed to taking positive action when individuals fall below the expected standards of behaviour.’