A POLICE officer who retired after being implicated in the Shana Grice scandal is due to have his conduct scrutinised by a disciplinary panel.

Former Pc Trevor Godfrey retired from Sussex Police in December 2017 following 19-year-old Ms Grice's murder at her home in Brighton on August 25 2016.

The teenager's ex-boyfriend, Michael Lane, slit her throat before trying to burn her body. He was jailed in 2017 for a minimum of 25 years.

It later emerged that Ms Grice had reported Lane to police five times in six months, but was fined for wasting officers' time.

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The case was closed before her pleas for help were properly investigated.

Mr Godfrey is the subject of a public misconduct hearing, starting on Monday, after being accused of finding Ms Grice to be "dishonest" and failing to "treat her as a victim, instead warning her about wasting police time".

He is accused of failing to adequately investigate allegations of harassment and stalking, and of failing to comply with Sussex Police policies regarding domestic abuse.

The three-person disciplinary panel will determine whether the two allegations amounted to a breach of standards of professional behaviour.

Mr Godfrey does not have to attend the hearing.

Another officer, Jon Barry Mills, quit Sussex Police in May this year after failing to "adequately investigate allegations of harassment and stalking, including a failure to review all possible evidence" in relation to the case.

The tribunal panel said both allegations of gross misconduct were found to be proven against Mr Mills, and that his actions may have "ultimately contributed in the circumstances which contributed to the tragic death of Ms Grice".

Had he not resigned, he would have been sacked, the panel said, as they barred him from ever working as a police officer again.