Police sergeant sacked for skipping work to meet boyfriend
Sergeant Lee Stephens met his lover at home or at a roof top café on at least 12 occasions while on shift.
The 42-year-old was only caught when senior officers checked the GPS on his force car and discovered he was 16 miles away from the police station in Bargoed, Caerphilly.
The dad-of-two had been awarded a bravery award in 2011 by David Cameron for helping rescue six people from a burning building in Newport, but his illustrious 13-year career came to an end after bosses discovered he was bunking of to meet his new lover for up to an hour and 40 minutes at a time.
A disciplinary hearing heard how the £41,000-a-year officer went missing while in charge of a team of ten officers.