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Police officer who sold Auschwitz relics on eBay dismissed

A disciplinary hearing panel said what had ‘been taken and done was insensitive and inappropriate in the extreme'

November 26, 2019 15:43
The 'certificate' sent to buyers to prove the relics' authenticity
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A police officer in Northamptonshire has been dismissed for selling relics from the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp on eBay.

PC Matthew Hart was previously revealed by the JC last year to have sold the relics through eBay account ww2autographs, including four lots of barbed wire.

On Tuesday, Northamptonshire Police revealed he had been dismissed without notice for gross misconduct.

A disciplinary hearing into Mr Hart’s behaviour was held from November 11 and 14, where a panel noted the officer had "a genuine historical interest in this period of history" but added: “What had been taken and done was insensitive and inappropriate in the extreme.”