A detective is suing North Wales Police, alleging a cover-up after discovering his fiancée was having an affair with a colleague, who later became the senior officer investigating his complaints and ultimately married her.
Detective Sues Police Force Over Alleged Affair and Cover-Up
Andrew Fearon is taking legal action against North Wales Police, claiming the force failed to properly investigate misconduct by his former fiancée, Rebecca Hutt. Ms. Hutt is alleged to have had an affair with a colleague before marrying the officer assigned to investigate the claims.
According to documents filed at the High Court in Liverpool, Fearon is seeking £344,000 in damages, including £200,000 for personal injury and £144,000 for loss of earnings.
Fearon alleges that in the summer of 2018, while engaged to Ms. Hutt and both serving as detective constables, she confessed to an affair with Detective Constable Shaun Parry. He subsequently filed a formal complaint, alleging the relationship took place on police premises in St Asaph, Denbighshire.
Court filings describe Mr. Parry as a “known sexual predator” and allege a conspiracy within the force to protect him from disciplinary action. Instead of a misconduct panel, Mr. Parry was transferred to a station in Wrexham and later dismissed in 2019 over separate allegations of inappropriate behavior with another female colleague, according to the Mail on Sunday.
Mr. Fearon took four months of stress leave and also accused his ex-fiancée of coercive control, domestic violence, and fraud.
In November 2017, North Wales Police assigned Detective Superintendent Steve Williams to investigate Mr. Fearon’s claims. Mr. Williams recommended no further action, allowing Ms. Hutt to remain in her post.
The court papers allege that Mr. Williams was in a sexual relationship with Ms. Hutt while investigating her, and used his position to influence the investigation in her favor. Mr. Williams and Ms. Hutt married in 2022.
Mr. Fearon claims that after discovering the relationship, he informed a colleague of his intention to arrest Mr. Williams for gross misconduct. He alleges the force deactivated his access fob that evening, barring him from police premises, and that after his request for an external investigation was denied, he resigned.
Solicitor David Miers, representing Mr. Fearon, stated the case centers on North Wales Police’s failure to conduct an impartial investigation given the alleged offenses and relationships Ms. Hutt was involved in, leading to a “very serious psychiatric injury.”
Mr. Williams, who has since retired, strongly denies having a relationship with his wife at the time of the investigation, calling Mr. Fearon’s claims “malicious, without substance, and a continuum of harassment.” Shaun Parry declined to comment, stating he had “moved on with my life.” Ms. Hutt, still a serving officer, also declined to comment.
The case is scheduled for a hearing in Liverpool in July.
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