Gordon Fraser, former Assistant Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police, Took His Own Life

Gordon Fraser, former Assistant Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police, was suspended over allegations of misconduct and fraud in December 2010.

Leicestershire officer Gordon Fraser's death suicide, inquest concludes.

He was hit by a train in October 2012, days before he was due in court charged with perverting the course of justice.

Mrs Fraser, a former detective with West Midlands Police, was charged alongside her husband for perverting the course of justice over a speeding incident in Scotland in 2011.

The case was dropped last year by the Crown Prosecution Service after prosecutors decided the case was no longer in the public interest.

Mr and Mrs Fraser were both suspended from police duty in December 2010 over a separate investigation into allegations of misconduct and fraud, relating to a timeshare business in Florida.

Mrs Fraser is due to appear in court on a date yet to be set.

Leicestershire Police suspended assistant chief constable, Gordon Fraser, found on railway track after 'suicide'

   


Gordon Fraser was due to appear at St Albans Court on Monday charged with his wife 


He was due to appear at court in St Albans with his wife Teresa, also a serving officer, charged with perverting the course of justice over a speeding incident in Scotland.

That incident was was being investigated by Hertfordshire Constabulary.

Mr Fraser had been suspended from duty since December 2010, pending a separate investigation being carried out by Merseyside Police.

Merseyside Police confirmed earlier this year they were investigating Mr Fraser following allegations of misconduct and fraud.

A spokesman at Merseyside Police said in July: "Merseyside Police can confirm that Chief Constable Jon Murphy is conducting an investigation into a Leicestershire Constabulary officer, two officers from West Midlands Police and a member of the public following allegations of gross misconduct and fraud.

The body of senior Leicestershire Police officer Gordon Fraser, was discovered afer reports of a man being struck by a train in Aston Magna, Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos., just after midday on Friday.

Mr Fraser, 49, was pronounced dead at the scene after he is thought to have jumped in front of the 10.22am London Paddington to Hereford train. The Daily Telegraph Report click here