Nerys Lloyd from Aberavon was a serving firearms officer with South Wales Police at the time her Paddleboard company’s excursion to the River Cleddau near the Haverfordwest Town weir took a tragic turn, after four people died in the water after heavy flooding caused and severe weather warnings were ignored by Lloyd.
Lloyd was jailed for 10 years and 6 months for gross negligence manslaughter following the deaths.
After the sentencing, South Wales Police revealed that Lloyd, who had already been suspended as a police officer at the time of the incident, was subsequently dismissed at an accelerated disciplinary hearing – but for an entirely different matter.
The force revealed that Lloyd had made a fraudulent claim against the South Wales Police Federation motor insurance scheme for a repair to her car.
Lloyd had claimed £577.55 for the cost of repairing her vehicle, where the actual repair cost was “in the region of £16 to £20” .
After admitting a ” massive error of judgement” and repaying the money claimed, Lloyd was interviewed under caution on 11 October 2021, two weeks before the tragedy on the river and given a formal caution for the criminal offence of fraud by false representation.
Six months after the river tragedy, at an accelerated disciplinary hearing, Chief Constable Jeremy Vaughan found that Lloyd had breached professional behaviour standards for honesty and integrity, bringing discredit on the police service, undermining the confidence of the public, and Lloyd should be dismissed without notice.
