The pair got into a taxi which was bound for PC Counter’s home, but her behaviour towards her mother was so alarming that the cabbie drove away after they pulled into Wolviston service station, County Durham.
The day after the attack, PC Counter texted a police colleague to say: ‘I am not in the good books with my family,’ blaming the Fireball drinks she had consumed for the fact she could not even remember the assault.
Mr Ley-Morgan said the attack breached the standards expected of police officers and was discreditable conduct which amounted to gross misconduct and should lead to the immediate dismissal of PC Counter.
PC Leanne Counter repeatedly punched her mother, Julie, after a passerby found the drunken officer and agreed to give them both a lift home.
PC Counter’s behaviour became so rowdy that her sister threw her out and her mother agreed to make sure she got home safely.
