PC told ex he would crash car and 'leave her in it'

A police officer accused of abusing his ex told her he was going to "crash a car and leave her inside it", a misconduct panel heard.

Humberside Police officer Liam Madden allegedly controlled and abused his former partner and colleague during the course of their personal relationship between June 2019 and May 2021.

He is also accused of controlling and abusing another female officer he had a relationship with in 2022.

PC Madden denies the claims and allegations of unauthorised business relating to renting out rooms of his home without prior approval from the force.

The misconduct hearing at the force's site in Goole was told about the officer's pattern of "controlling or oppressive" abusive behaviour towards the two women, who were both serving officers at the time.

Barrister Olivia Checa-Dover, representing the force, said PC Madden became jealous of his ex – referred to as "PC A" – communicating with men and had turned up at her home uninvited on numerous occasions, including once in a marked police vehicle in June 2020.

He was verbally abusive, Ms Checa-Dover told the panel, "berating her about her interaction with a male colleague", and suggesting she "should get double-teamed by two male colleagues – in other words having sex with two men simultaneously".

On another occasion in October 2020, PC Madden told PC A "I’m going to crash this car with you in it and leave you there", she said.

The panel heard PC Madden was "persistently contacting her on another platform" after she had blocked him towards the end of their relationship.

Ms Checa-Dover said after the pair split up he was moved to another team but he later made an anonymous call to the force in July 2021, wrongly alleging she had been involved in an altercation at a wedding with two male officers "whom she was sleeping with".

"He was seeking action be taken and he could call back to check," she said.

The call was subsequently flagged to a supervising officer, who investigated it and later "felt the officer’s behaviour amounted to coercive control", the panel heard.

Ms Checa-Dover said PC A was living "in fear and the officer’s actions had a serious effect on her day-to-day life".

The panel also heard there were "striking similarities" in PC Madden's subsequent six-month relationship with another woman, referred to as "PC B".

It was told how he accused her of "being with other men and telling her no-one would love her, that she needed help, that she had a problem and that she was not normal".

PC Madden denies allegations that his behaviour amounted to gross misconduct.

The hearing continues.

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