A POLICE misconduct hearing was told today how a woman needed counselling and was left feeling "brainwashed" by her relationship with a former Gwent Police officer.

Clarke Joslyn, an officer for 26 years, allegedly subjected his ex-girlfriend, referred to in proceedings as Witness E, to "physically abusive behaviour", including pinning her against a wall while holding a knife, grabbing her by the face, and on one occasion, seriously sexually assaulting her.

Witness E is one of several women to have made allegations about Mr Joslyn, who resigned from the police force when proceedings initially began in November 2018.

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Proceedings resumed again on January 30, and Mr Joslyn has not attended the hearing on that date or since. He denies all charges against him.

The panel saw video testimony from when Witness E originally reported Mr Joslyn to the police.

Later, speaking in person at the hearing, Witness E recounted the events surrounding the sexual assault.

She said she had attended a party with Mr Joslyn, and later, when the couple returned to her home, he continued to have sex with her, despite her asking him to stop.

She said Mr Joslyn only stopped when she pushed him off her.

Mr Chris Daw QC, representing Gwent Police, asked Witness E if she had been "in a fit state to consent that night" to sex with Mr Joslyn.

"No, I'd had a lot to drink," Witness E replied.

"Do you have any memory of consenting?" Mr Daw asked.

"No," the witness replied. "All I know is that it happened and when I asked him to stop, he wouldn't stop."

The panel read text messages between the former couple in which Mr Joslyn implied he had stopped sexual activity with Witness E when she had asked him to.

But Witness E told the panel: "I had to struggle. You don't push someone off if they stop."

In a written response to the charges, Mr Joslyn told the panel he believed Witness E had colluded with another witness, whose allegations against him also formed part of the case.

Mr Daw asked Witness E: "Have you ever collaborated [with the other witness]?"

Witness E replied: "No, we hadn't spoken until after all the evidence was given."

Mr Daw asked: "Were you in contact with her as to the details of the [investigation]?"

"No, absolutely not," Witness E replied.

Witness E said she had met the other witness on a couple of occasions, after both women had given their evidence to the police investigation.

"What was the point of that?" Mr Daw asked.

"I was saying thank you for supporting me and giving [her] evidence," she said.

The panel also read a written statement from a friend of Mr Joslyn. In it, the friend recalled a night out when Mr Joslyn told him Witness E could drive the friend home after the two men had been on a night out together.

The friend alleged Witness E had told him in the car that she would make up allegations against Mr Joslyn if he ever cheated on her.

Witness E told the panel that she had no memory of that conversation, and did not recognise the name of Mr Joslyn's friend.

Describing her relationship with Mr Joslyn, Witness E said: "It was like being brainwashed."

She added: "He had a way of twisting everything to be my fault."

The panel asked Witness E about the timing of her report to the police.

She said: "It took me a long time to come forward. I had to go to counselling.

"I was angry at the time, but I didn't make my decision on that anger."

Previously, the panel had heard from police officer Tony Patey, a friend of Mr Joslyn, who said there was no evidence Mr Joslyn had behaved "anything other than admirably" to previous partners.

Proceeding.