Police officer sacked after drunken fight in Cardiff pub

2022-12-02

Veteran police officer, 58, who had to be dragged away by bouncers from a drunken fight in a Cardiff pub is sacked

PC Simon Rohman was involved in a bust-up in Cardiff’s Brewhouse pub in 2021
CCTV footage of the scene captured him hitting a member of the public there
He was arrested for being drunk and disorderly; sacked for gross misconduct

A veteran police officer has been sacked after he was dragged away by bouncers from a drunken fight in a pub in Cardiff.

PC Simon Rohman, 58, was involved in a bust-up in the busy Brewhouse pub in Cardiff city centre in September 2021.

He was accused of gross misconduct after the scene, which was captured on CCTV, showed him hitting a member of the public.

The officer was restrained by door staff and he was arrested for being drunk and disorderly.

PC Rohman was dismissed by Gwent Police over the ‘physical and verbal altercation’ with two members of the public in Cardiff.

PC Simon Rohman, 58, was involved in a bust-up in the busy Brewhouse pub in Cardiff city centre in September 2021 (file image)

Chief constable Pam Kelly ruled that the officer’s behaviour amounted to gross misconduct in a hearing and said that he had ‘every opportunity’ to walk away from the scene.

She said: ‘Our communities deserve the highest of standards from officers. This off-duty behaviour falls way below that standard.

‘PC Rohman had every opportunity to walk away from a situation that was volatile, and this was much more than ‘two minutes of madness’.

‘It was totally inappropriate behaviour and a standard I’m not prepared to accept at Gwent Police.’

The charges state: ‘He was asked to leave the Brewhouse following a physical and verbal altercation with two members of the public which resulted in him being restrained by door staff in public view and his arrest for being drunk and disorderly.

‘While inside the Brewhouse he was involved in a physical and verbal altercation with two members of the public and can be seen on CCTV hitting one of them with a closed fist’

He will now be placed on the barred officers list preventing him working in England and Wales.

It comes after recent scrutiny into Gwent Police after texts between officers were published by the Sunday Times, sparking allegations of a racist, misogynistic and homophobic culture at the force.

Three officers have been suspected in connection with the messages.

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