AN OFFICER was left in tears after she felt she could not trust her supervisor, who used her as the “butt of the joke”.

Detective Sergeant Greg Willcox, 52, of Hampshire Constabulary, had been recorded jesting about a junior officer’s sexual interest in a colleague - that he had made up.

The officer Trainee Detective Constable Jean Englefield had been on a training course and spoke to a male officer who then visited the Serious Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) where DS Willcox was a supervisor.

DS Willcox speaking to the male officer said: “I would say you have roused her” – referring to T/DC Englefield.

He continued: "She obviously likes you, that’s not professional that’s personal, because that is not at all how I would ever describe her. That’s why she’s making any move to get a twin room

“It’s a short hop between rousal and arousal. Oh mate, you wait till you’ve had 6 weeks down the course."

Going on to say about the male officer: “He’ll say, it’s only a Thursday night because it’s a social, week two if you like. Yeah I’m getting a room down there because we’ve got a social and if I don’t go to it I’ll feel a bit, I’ll get left out, they’ll pick on me, be bullied.”

Giving evidence today (Friday) DS Willcox said: “At the time it was a jokey conversation. I didn’t it was wrong at the time – it was a light-hearted conversation.

“It doesn’t reflect the person I am or the type of supervisor I am.”

The 52-year-old told the hearing that it was “just a blip”.

Six officers from the unit based at the Northern Police Investigation Centre, in Basingstoke, are accused of making comments of a discriminatory nature or of an inappropriate or offensive nature.

The officers facing charges are Retired Detective Inspector Tim Ireson, Detective Sergeant Oliver Lage, Detective Sergeant Gregory Willcox, former PC Craig Bannerman, trainee Detective Constable Andrew Ferguson and PC James Oldfield.

DS Willcox and Mr Ireson are also alleged to have not challenged others when those remarks were made.

The serious misconduct proceedings arose following a complaint about the team’s behaviour and covert recording was carried out. A search of text and Whatsapp messages and emails conducted.

The misconduct hearing, being held at Hampshire police’s headquarters in Eastleigh, has heard that on occasions T/DC Englefield had become emotional about the behaviour of the unit, in particular DS Willcox’s management.

In a recording, she said: “I just feel very vulnerable, I can’t talk to Greg [DS Willcox], I don’t trust him as far as I can throw him.

“Just feeling vulnerable. I am just struggling, I am on an emotional roller-coaster for the last couple of days."

T/DC Englefield also said she was having a “crisis of confidence”.

During the investigation T/DC Englefield said: “This whole situation has arisen through poor leadership…[the] culture in a team derives from its leaders and [DS Willcox] was the leader of the team. [Mr Ireson] was the DI and he allowed himself to be led by DS Willcox and did not set the tone correctly when he joined the team.

“I found DS Willcox to be unsupportive, disorganised, lazy and unprofessional as a supervisor.”

DS Willcox is also accused of claiming for hours he had not worked after went on a driving awareness course as a penalty for being caught speeding.

The hearing, which is being live streamed to Hope Church, in Winchester, continues.