A police officer who refused to help a pensioner when she collapsed – and subsequently died – from a heart attack has escaped serious punishment.Off-duty PC Paul Raines ignored 62-year-old Christine Roche’s need for urgent assistance after he became involved in a road-rage row with her husband, Patrick.
Yesterday Mrs Roche’s son Matthew said he was disgusted the 45-year-old officer had been handed nothing more than a ‘slap on the wrist’.
The incident happened as the pensioners were driving home in foggy conditions and the wing mirror of their car clipped PC Raines’s Ford Focus.
After challenging the couple, the officer grabbed Mr Roche, 72, leaving him ‘scared witless’.
As the pair argued, Mrs Roche suffered a heart attack behind the wheel of the couple’s car.
But rather than go to her aid, PC Raines, who would have received basic training in first aid, left without even calling an ambulance. Read More
