Plebgate enquiry 'heard policewoman's boast that she could topple the government

Plebgate enquiry 'heard policewoman's boast that she could topple the government' - but Scotland Yard says it WON'T release the transcript

A police officer at the heart of the Plebgate affair boasted she could bring down the Government, it emerged last night.

The explosive claim was made by one of those who barred former Tory chief whip Andrew Mitchell from riding his bike through the gates of Downing Street.

The female constable is said to have texted her friends after the incident became public, telling them: ‘I can topple the Tory Government.’

Details of the message were revealed last night in a letter sent by Mr Mitchell to Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe following a wave of disciplinary hearings against officers involved in the affair.

It provides the clearest evidence yet to support Tory suspicions that Mr Mitchell was targeted by officers as part of a politically motivated campaign.

The woman, who is thought to have been sacked for her role in the affair, also texted friends saying: ‘The Fed need our help.’

The message appears to be a reference to the Police Federation, which was fighting a high-profile campaign against Government reforms and which exploited the ‘Plebgate’ row for maximum effect.

Mr Mitchell writes: ‘Officers on duty were colluding with the Police Federation to fan the flames for political reasons, as shown by the text/email exchange, saying, "The Fed need our help".?’

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The affair erupted after Mr Mitchell was stopped from riding his bike through the gates of Downing Street in September 2012.

A leaked ‘police log’ claimed that Mr Mitchell called officers ‘****ing plebs’. He later admitted swearing in their presence but always denied using the toxic word ‘pleb’. He later quit his job over the row.

Three officers have now been sacked for their role in the affair and one – PC Keith Wallis – was jailed after pleading guilty to misconduct in a public office. A fourth misconduct case is now under way.

Mr Mitchell’s letter, a copy of which has been seen by the Daily Mail, raises concerns that the Met has held its disciplinary hearings behind closed doors.

He says the row has ‘badly damaged’ public confidence in the police, adding: ‘I am deeply concerned that the disciplinary hearings were held in private and were not open to public and journalistic scrutiny. In my view it is in the public interest that it is all put in the public domain.’

Mr Mitchell, who has attended the disciplinary hearings, said he had been ‘extremely surprised at the facts that were revealed about the actions of numerous police officers before, during and after the incident.’

Mr Mitchell is suing The Sun, which broke the story, for libel, which the paper denies.

Mr Mitchell, in turn, is being sued for libel by PC Toby Rowland, who claimed to be on the receiving end of the Tory MP’s alleged verbal attack.

A Met spokesman said regulations prevented it revealing the details of the misconduct hearings but the force would publish a report about the Plebgate inquiry and summaries of each of the misconduct hearings.

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