Police officer sacked after sharing photo of dead woman

PC Daniel Wallwork dismissed without notice for gross misconduct over incident in April 2020

A police officer has been sacked after he took a photograph of a dead woman lying face down and partially clothed on a bed and sent it to a colleague.

PC Daniel Wallwork of Avon and Somerset police sent the image from his personal phone with the words look who's turned up dead" from the scene of the sudden death at around 7pm on 16 April 2020.