Police chief criticises 'leak' Pc

The brick went through a bedroom window in the bungalow

Derbyshire Police's Assistant Chief Constable said she was "incredibly disappointed" one of her staff leaked details in a case where a man died.

Bernard Gilbert, 79, died minutes after a brick was thrown into his home.

Pc Steven Smith illegally passed on Mr Gilbert's address to the men who planned and carried out the attack.

Mark Forbes, 40, of Kedleston Close, Ripley, and younger brother Steven, 22, of Gladstone Street, South Normanton, were found guilty of manslaughter.

The trial at Nottingham Crown Court heard that Mr Gilbert had been involved in a dispute over a parking space at Asda with Zoe Forbes, 26, Mark Forbes' wife, four days before his death at his home in Spondon, Derby on 28 January 2007.

Mark Forbes plotted a revenge attack and traced Mr Gilbert's address through then-serving officer, Pc Smith.

Pc Smith found the address by looking up Mr Gilbert's registration number on the Police National Computer.

He was fined £1,200 under the Data Protection Act and resigned from the force.

'Corrupt officers'

Assistant Chief Constable Dee Collins said Mr Smith's actions were unacceptable. "This is a tragic set of circumstances and quite clearly I'm incredibly disappointed that a member of my staff may have contributed towards what happened.

"We investigated this particular matter and as a consequence, this officer is no longer with the force and in fact has faced a criminal conviction by himself.

"Quite clearly we're very disappointed. I won't tolerate corrupt officers. Pc Smith has abused his position. He's let his colleagues down, let the public down, he's let the force down.

"My view is that if we have officers that are like this, we will find out and we will make sure they are no longer with the force."

Mark and Steven Forbes have been remanded in custody until sentencing, which is expected to take place in April.