A woman who reported a police officer for trying to kiss her while on duty says she lives in fear of him returning to her home.

Earlier this week the Manchester Evening News revealed that Pc Gareth Roscoe made a bizarre attempt to kiss a mother-of-two in her own home, but had been allowed to keep his career.

After asking the woman if he could come in for a cup of tea he urged her to close the blinds, suggesting it was because people could see inside the property. He then lifted her onto a kitchen work top and tried to kiss her.

The woman, who lives in Heywood but does not want to be identified, has had an alarm fitted to her front door since the experience.

Pc Roscoe, who had been working for Rochdale division, was found to have committed gross misconduct at a Greater Manchester Police disciplinary hearing, following an investigation by police watchdog the IPCC.

He was given a final written warning and remains a police constable.

The complainant told the M.E.N Pc Roscoe’s behaviour was ‘despicable’ - and said he should have been dismissed.

The officer was in the Heywood area responding to reports of a domestic disturbance in the early hours of October 15 last year. He ended up parked outside the home of the woman who would go on to report him.

He beckoned her over and asked for a cup of tea, before following her inside, where he told her she was ‘absolutely gorgeous’, asked if he could pick her up because of her petite frame, placed her on the kitchen worktop and tried to kiss her.

The woman, who rebuffed his advances before reporting them, said: “Since it happened I am still worried that he will come back to my property.

“It is despicable and he doesn’t deserve the honour of wearing the uniform. He should have been dismissed - you can’t go round doing things like that. He twice asked if he could come back.”

At a GMP disciplinary hearing following the investigation a panel found that Pc Roscoe had behaved ‘opportunistically’, shown no remorse and had abused the trust placed in him.

It also concluded the woman had suffered some psychological impact - although no serious harm - and that Pc Roscoe’s actions will have hurt the reputation of the police force.

However, the complainant insists that no one should hold the force itself responsible - and has thanked GMP and the IPCC for their support.

“The police service are there to protect and serve, we put our trust in these people”, she said. “When someone abuses their power and position of trust they need to be made accountable. This officer was trying to serve himself, his actions made me feel unsafe and uncomfortable in my own home.

“Reporting a police officer to police is not a position anyone should be put in. He saw an opportunity and had I not rebuffed his advances I believe he would have taken things much further. When he asked (for a brew) I had no thought anything untoward would happen as he is a police officer.

“I have not lost my faith in the system. This officer acted on his own and should not reflect the force as a whole.”

Pc Roscoe denied he acted inappropriately towards the woman in any way.

But the panel upheld the misconduct case and said that Pc Roscoe kept his job because of ‘mitigating factors’.

These included the incident being ‘brief in duration’ and that he had backed off when his advances were rebuffed.