A DISGRACED murder squad detective convicted of drunkenly terrorising a village pub has been sacked after being given a suspended jail sentence.

Det Sgt Paul Whiteley nearly lost his liberty when he tried to appeal against his original conviction – and now his wine-fuelled rampage has cost him his job.

He was fined when he was first found guilty of common assault by Scarborough magistrates court in July.

When he tried to overturn the verdict in October, he was given a suspended jail sentence for what a York crown court judge called the disgraced officer's "aggressive and bullying behaviour".

Whiteley's career with the West Yorkshire Homicide and Major Enquiry Team is now over following disciplinary proceedings.

It is understood bosses decided not to accept any resignation following a number of cases in which disgraced officers have resigned and then found jobs with other forces.

Det Ch Supt Clive Wain, of West Yorkshire Police's Professional Standards Department, said: "Following a recent conviction for assault, an officer was dismissed, without notice, for gross misconduct.

"West Yorkshire Police expects the highest standards of professionalism from all officers and staff and will take appropriate disciplinary action against anyone who fails to meet those standards."

Whiteley, 51, of Wakefield, had been on holiday with his then-partner Claire Hughes, at a campsite near Robin Hood's Bay on the Yorkshire Coast.

After a morning out in Whitby, they decided to spend a rainy afternoon drinking in the Fylingdales Inn in nearby Fylingthorpe.

They stayed for seven hours and had downed bottles of red Shiraz wine between them before they were spotted staggering towards Ms Hughes' car.

Holiday maker Carl Sarsfield, was asked to go out and stop them and got a mouthful of abuse for his trouble.

The drunken couple went back in the bar, sat down at the next table to Mr Sarsfield's party, and started arguing.

The appeal court heard Whiteley tore his buttoned shirt off and tossed it on the bar, slurring: "Come on. I can do what I f***ing want. I'm a copper. I will rip your f***ing head off."

Whiteley slapped shaven-headed Mr Sarsfield in the face calling him 'baldy' and 'fat face'.

Mr Sarsfield jumped on top of Whiteley and both men ended up rolling around the floor fighting until they were separated by a by-stander.

Whiteley had been suspended since the incident in May 2013.