A trainee police officer doctored a Covid-19 test using a red pen in a bid to get time off work. Ahmed Anwari drew an extra line on his test to make it look like a positive result.
He hoped the fake result would allow him to isolate at home in line with the rules at the time. However, suspicions were raised as a result of the unconvincing job he’d done, Lancashire Live reports.
The Lancashire officer was asked to complete another test on a Microsoft Teams video call but again failed to convince that the result was positive.
Mr Anwari, whose badge number was 2568, resigned from his role with Lancashire Constabulary the following day but misconduct proceedings were launched regardless of this. READ MORE : Archie Battersbee's parents granted appeal over judge's ruling At a public hearing at Ormskirk Police Station on Monday (June 20), Chief Constable Chris Rowley ruled that Mr Anwari would have been sacked had he not already quit.