Sgt Andrews will appeal against the decision A policeman convicted of assaulting a woman in custody and later cleared on appeal has been sacked by the Wiltshire Police force.
Sgt Mark Andrews was filmed dragging Pamela Somerville through Melksham police station custody area.
A disciplinary panel has now decided he was not of sufficient standard to be an officer in the force and he has been dismissed with immediate effect.
Sgt Andrews will now appeal to the Chief Constable of Wiltshire.
If that is unsuccessful he will make a further appeal to an appeals tribunal.
The disciplinary inquiry by neighbouring Gloucestershire Constabulary was held in private.
It examined Sgt Andrews’ dealings with Ms Somerville during the incident in July 2008.
A Wiltshire Police spokesman said the result of the hearing was made public because of the public interest and high profile nature of the case.
The officer was found guilty of causing actual bodily harm and jailed for six months in September.
Sgt Andrews spent six days in prison, but was released on bail pending the appeal at Oxford Crown Court.
The appeal judge, Mr Justice Bean, said after the four-day hearing in November he was satisfied that Sgt Andrews did not intend to throw Ms Somerville into the cell and that injuries she suffered “were probably caused by her falling to the floor after letting go of the door frame”.
Ms Somerville had been arrested for failing to take a breath test but was never prosecuted.
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