A detective has been sacked after he was found guilty of attacking his partner during a drunken bust-up.
According to a Cleveland Police misconduct report, Detective Constable Philip Lamb, 47, was struck off and barred from policing without notice. It comes after he was convicted of assault by beating at a trial.
A jury found he grabbed his partner by the arms tightly and shoved her back into her home when she tried to get him to leave after a night out turned violent.
Teesside Crown Court heard the incident took place on September, 14 2023 and she was left with bruises.
In mitigation, Andrea Parnham, said her client was working to address his alcohol binge drinking issue.
Lamb, of Quebec Grove, Billingham, was handed a 12-month community order, ordering him to complete unpaid work, comply with rehabilitation requirements and pay £500 in court costs.
He was also slapped with a five-year restraining order banning any contact with the victim. Lamb was cleared of a charge of intentional strangulation.
He did not attend the accelerated Cleveland Police misconduct hearing on November 7, 2025, where Chief Constable Victoria Fuller ruled his behaviour amounted to gross misconduct.
She said the criminal conviction was “incontrovertible” and that domestic violence by a serving officer “significantly harms public trust and confidence."
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She said Lamb’s conduct crossed the line from “unacceptable” to “so serious that it justifies dismissal.”
According to the misconduct report, Lamb had completed domestic abuse training in the same year he assaulted the woman.
He was dismissed without notice and barred from policing.
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