Senior police detective responsible for domestic violence cases is found guilty of drunken outburst towards his own partner after boozy bottomless brunch
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A senior police officer responsible for domestic violence cases has been convicted of a drunken outburst towards his partner following a bottomless brunch. Detective Inspector Mark Portelli, 45, subjected his partner to a barrage of verbal abuse after he was kicked out of the Canvas nightclub in Bournemouth, Dorset, in the early hours of March 31 this year.
![[The incident took place outside of Canvas nightclub in Bournemouth in the early hours of March 31]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/19/93287741-14206899-image-a-22_1734548985777.jpg)
The officer who has served 19 years on the force, had downed cocktails and prosecco at a boozy bottomless brunch earlier in the day, before shouting 'you stupid fucking b****'. Portelli was arrested by officers from the same police force he serves in as he hurled abuse at his girlfriend and he even branded her a 'c***'.
![[Portelli was arrested as him as he hurled the abuse at his girlfriend. Pictured Southampton Magistrates Court]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/18/93286145-14206899-image-m-4_1734546715239.jpg)
On Wednesday, after a one-day trial at Southampton Magistrates' Court, Hampshire, the Dorset Police officer was found guilty of using threatening or abusive words likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. Portelli from Poole, Dorset, who works in the high harm unit of Dorset Police covering domestic violence, was also accused of assaulting three staff members at the nightclub but the charges were withdrawn at court today.
![[The officer who has served 19 years in the police downed cocktails and prosecco at a boozy bottomless brunch]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/18/93285991-14206899-image-m-6_1734546743440.jpg)
He was fined £500 and ordered to pay the prosecution's costs of £620 and a victim surcharge of £200. Portelli argued his offensive words were directed at himself and not his partner, but District Judge Anthony Callaway rejected his argument. Dorset Police Detective Inspector Mark Portelli (pictured) at Southampton Magistrates' Court where he was found guilty of using threatening or abusive words likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
![[Portelli argued his offensive words were directed at himself and not his partner during the outburst]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/18/93285989-14206899-Portelli_argued_his_offensive_words_were_directed_at_himself_and-m-8_1734546973452.jpg)
