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A police officer faces a misconduct hearing and potential dismissal after allegedly misleading an insurance company after pulling a driver over for having no insurance.

PC Shelley Holloway is alleged to have stopped a motorist on Shurdington Road while on duty.

When she found he had no insurance, she convinced an insurance company on the phone it was his father driving, despite him not actually being there, it is claimed.

The allegations, which are believed to have taken place in August 2016, will be the subject of a misconduct hearing at Gloucestershire Police's HQ in Waterwells next week.

If found to have committed the two allegations, the force could rule them as gross misconduct which could lead to various actions against PC Holloway, including dismissal.

A brief outline of the hearing on the force's website reads: "On August 24 2016 the officer stopped a vehicle, the driver of which did not have valid insurance.

"The officer was present when the driver telephoned his insurance company.

"During that telephone conversation the driver pretended to be his father.

"When the insurance company representative spoke to the officer to ask whether he was speaking to the driver or his father, the officer confirmed both the driver and his father were present, which was untrue.

"The officer also confirmed that the insurance company representative was talking to the driver’s father which was also untrue.

"If proven this allegation has been assessed as being sufficiently serious so to as amount to gross misconduct."

It goes on to say that when the officer pulled over the driver for having no insurance, the driver allegedly followed the officer’s advice when he spoke to his insurance company and pretended to be his father."

Gloucestershire police have made cracking down on those driving with no insurance a top priority in the last few years, seizing hundreds of cars with no protection.

Last month the constabulary fired PC Adams after he went to the races several times while claiming to be ill.