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An overweight detective was forced to resign after repeatedly failing to pass a ‘bleep test’ fitness exam, a tribunal heard.

Det Con Rebecca Tiffin blamed her failure to complete the exercise test on an under-active thyroid gland.

She claims Surrey Police put her under huge pressure to pass the exam - which is compulsory for all officers.

Mrs Tiffin said she was nicknamed “Blue Moon” by colleagues on the force due to the number of sick days she took.

The detective told the hearing she felt she was being unfairly “over-scrutinised” by her bosses.

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Mrs Tiffin, from Tolworth, is suing Surrey Police for disability and sex discrimination.

She claims she was suffering from stress, anxiety and depression when she was asked to complete the bleep test.

One on occasion she blamed child care issues for missing the test and another time said she had a sinus infection.

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Mrs Tiffin said her boss, Det Insp Rebecca Molyneux, told her that under force policy she had four months to pass it.

After failing another test last October, she was made subject to an ‘Unsatisfactory Performance Procedure’.

She told the panel that she felt she was being discriminated against on the grounds of her disability.

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Mrs Tiffin said the pressure and stress of having to pass the test was partly behind her reason to resign from the force.

But a lawyer representing Surrey Police said the tests were needed to ensure officers were fit to perform their role.

The tribunal continues.