All week, the tributes have poured in. Those whose lives were touched by PC Lorne Castle have not been reluctant to come forward. One female's account of how her child's life was conserved by his 'kindness and humanity' and determination to 'surpass what is anticipated of a policeman' is especially moving.

She wrote about how the distressed teen lost his method life and ended up being understood to police, who were permanently needing to bring him home. It was PC Castle, himself a dad of 3, who ended up talking her boy down from the ledge, in a metaphorical sense along with an actual one.

Not only did he make the teen see that he had a future, he assisted him sculpt one out by setting up work experience, even though this was not his task. 'We need more officers like PC Castle, not fewer,' this grateful mother concluded.

'That one made me well up,' states Lorne, 46, who is sitting in his living space in a quiet property street in Bournemouth, sifting through the countless messages he has actually gotten today - some from complete strangers, but others from those he straight helped.

He seems quite overwhelmed and a little teary (very uncharacteristic, 'or it was before all this', according to his partner Denise), by all the nice things people have been stating about him.

'It's blown me away, to be honest,' he states. 'To have people come back to stand up for me. I'm not used to this, however it's actually touching.' He keeps reading, on the brink of tears: 'If I 'd passed away, you couldn't have actually got better homages.'

And in a way he has actually died, since, as he mentions: 'I'm not dead but the cops officer I was is dead. PC 1399 is dead.'

Who eliminated PC Castle? Well, according to his bosses at Dorset Police, the fatal injury was completely self-inflicted. Recently, he was fired - 'in such a way that was harsh. Alan Sugar fires individuals in a better way,' he says - after being condemned of gross misbehavior.

'I'm not dead but the policeman I was is dead. PC 1399 is dead,' says Castle

His crime? One that was deemed so serious that it wiped out 10 years of unblemished service consisting of citations for bravery.

He detained a teenage suspect - later on discovered to have remained in ownership of a knife - without displaying adequate 'courtesy or respect'. While grappling on the ground with the 15-year-old, who was withstanding arrest in January in 2015, PC Castle screamed, swore and pointed his finger at the suspect, who was professing his innocence.

In the cold light of day, safe in his own home, having simply waved his youngest child off to bed, Lorne, freshly jobless, still can't rather believe that finger-pointing assisted lose him his entire profession.

He raises the upseting finger today and waggles it in front of his own nose. 'I require to holster this,' he says, despairingly. Nor can he accept a few of the questions he needed to respond to during a 'destructive and humiliating' three-day gross misbehavior hearing.

'For a law enforcement officer, the idea of gross misconduct is just the worst, however among the important things I was asked was if I hadn't heard the suspect state that he had not done anything. Did I not take a look at him and believe he might be informing the reality?' He throws both hands up.

'Were they seriously asking me why I didn't succumb to the old, 'it wasn't me, guv' line. Most suspects resisting arrest state they have not done anything. I indicate a kid understands that.

'Let's put this into context. We were investigating an attack. I have actually detained him. He has resisted. I'm struggling on the ground with him. There is a crowd gathering. I'm trying to include this circumstance but my priority is to make this arrest and keep everyone safe.

'So when he says he hasn't done anything, I'm seriously expected to stop and state, 'Oh, you didn't do it? Dreadfully sorry, young Sir. Let me help you up! Tally ho! My mistake!' This is a suspect who did have a knife.'

Denise, who says she 'was so happy to be the spouse of a law enforcement officer', participated in every day of her other half's disciplinary hearing and has actually existed to choose up the pieces as his life broke down

The shock and bewilderment in his living room is palpable. As is the large shock. 'I suggest, the audacity of even asking me that. But I knew even before the gross misbehavior hearing began that I was walking to the gallows. And they hung me out to dry.'

He includes: 'Even if I win my appeal, even if I got my task back, I wouldn't have the ability to do it.

'How might I walk down the street with members of the public thinking I'm a bully and a thug - all the things I went into the police force to challenge.

'My career is gone. I'm never going to get another job, because who would offer me one. My life is ruined. They've broken me.'

Denise, who tells me she 'was so happy to be the spouse of a police officer', went to every day of her hubby's disciplinary hearing and has existed to get the pieces as his life fell apart.

The couple, who have daughters aged 27, 18 and 8, inform me that on the day Lorne was informed he was facing gross misconduct charges, he didn't go home - 'because how could I tell my better half?' - however walked along Bournemouth beach till 3am. He was too surprised to believe of strolling into the sea and says he hasn't seriously contemplated suicide 'however can understand people who do, in this sort of scenario, due to the fact that the nature of this job isolates you from people who aren't police, so when the rug is pulled from under you ... you feel so alone'.

Denise says she has actually seen him 'shrink, end up being somebody who just isn't Lorne'.

'My hubby is an outbound, bubbly, glass-half-full individual, who is a natural leader and incentive,' she discusses. 'He's the most moralistic person I understand - our children will back me up on that. And he's the sort of male who never ever contacted ill even when he was ill.

'Since all this, I've simply seen him change. He breaks down now. He questions himself. It has actually been devastating to enjoy. Even the kids say, 'he isn't Dad'.'

Their hero dad, openly admired after plunging into the freezing River Avon to conserve a senior woman, is now making headings for all the wrong factors.

When the very first murmurings started, suggesting this once-admired officer had actually been unfairly dealt with by 'woke' bosses who were far gotten rid of from the truth of policing at street level, Dorset Police moved rapidly to protect their position, launching damning video footage, drawn from an associate's body camera, which does certainly reveal PC Castle in a not-too-flattering light.

He's recorded informing the suspect to 'stop screaming like a little b ** ch' and alerting him: 'I'm gon na smash you'.

This video footage, Lorne declares, existed out of context, cherry-picked to 'not tell the complete story'.

'It was devastating that Dorset Police could do this to me, that they might want to ... damage me,' he says. 'What that selective video didn't reveal was the after-effects - when this suspect continued to withstand arrest.

'It took 4 officers to get him in handcuffs. That footage doesn't reveal the crowd around us, whom I might see in my peripheral vision.

'There was just one 999 call made about what was taking place there and it originated from a member of the public who was worried about me. They called to say that there was an officer struggling, who appeared he needed back up.'

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Lorne adds: 'Dorset Police didn't even believe it was needed to call that individual as a witness in my disciplinary hearing. I needed to insist on it. It paints a very different photo to what took place and I thank goodness that witness existed, due to the fact that otherwise I 'd think I was going mad.'

This is an exceptionally uncomfortable - and dissentious - case. There is no concern that Lorne made judgment mistakes in his handling of that arrest on January 27, 2024.

He confessed as much during the misbehavior hearing and repeats that belief today. 'I ought to not have utilized the language I did. I'm ashamed and saddened that I did that, which it's out there for everyone to see. But the essence of what took place was, unfortunately required. That was an arrest that needed to be made and I made a judgment call.

'Could I have done it differently? Of course, but eventually I took a knife off the streets. Another police has this slogan, 'Take a knife; Save a Life'. My force stated, 'Take a knife; Get your P45'.'

Did he should have to lose his profession? 'I don't believe that's one for me to address,' he says, however his wife has no qualms. 'No, he did not,' Denise states strongly.

'They headed out to string him up. Once they chose that they were going for gross misconduct, they went looking for things to support that. I sat there and couldn't think what they were doing.

'They have actually ruined a great guy and taken a great law enforcement officer off the streets. I still can't believe this. This whole thing seems like such a violation.'

There has actually been outrage about Lorne's termination, notably from those who were once in the ranks of Dorset Police.

Former Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Martyn Underhill informed Radio Solent today: 'This officer overreacted, used bad language - that's about it. We're becoming too woke. I think Dorset Police have got this massively wrong. Do I believe he should have to lose his task? Absolutely not.'

It is particularly ravaging for Lorne that it was colleagues who initially grumbled about his handling of that arrest. He will not talk about their involvement, but it is comprehended that the two junior officers who saw it had only remained in the job for six months.

It is likewise comprehended that while, at first, it did not look as if misconduct charges were likely, the choice was taken to prompt them. Lorne was informed of this by Superintendent Ricky Dhanda, head of Professional Standards.

In an extraordinary twist, Mr Dhanda has himself been put on restricted duties while he is examined over sexual misbehavior claims. 'Maybe me and him have different decision-making processes,' is all Lorne will state. So who is Lorne Castle - and how will history judge him?

His route into the cops force was a little unusual. He matured in Torquay however moved to close-by Bournemouth to go to university, where he studied law.

An eager sportsman and martial arts specialist, he fulfilled Denise - who would go on to be a world champion Muay Thai fighter - and they established a sports academy together.

It was his deal with young individuals that brought him into contact with the man who would become his coach - previous Chief Inspector Chris Amey, who had a long profession with both the Met and Dorset Police.

He satisfied Lorne in 2013 and was impressed by his drive and commitment on a youth project. He persuaded him to sign up with the authorities - first as a neighborhood assistance officer, then as a PC. Denise concurred that he had actually 'discovered his location' in the police.

Undoubtedly, it was a career at which Lorne excelled. In 2021, he was called community officer of the year, after having actually been two times awarded commendations.

In 2017, he conserved somebody in a medical emergency situation then, in 2023, he plunged into the Avon, swindling his stab vest to go into the water, ultimately holding a senior woman up.

He states it did strike him that he was, technically, breaking all the guidelines and 'might face murder charges' if his efforts to get the lady to cling to a life ring went wrong.

'It did go through my mind that professional requirements could tell me I wasn't supposed to enter, that I was attempting to be a hero. That is the world we run in.'

But his desire to do the right thing triumphed and he received an award from the Humane Society for that rescue.

Fellow officers 'who had held the ropes as I entered' were likewise commended however, bizarrely, when it pertained to the invites for the event, Lorne didn't receive one.

'I 'd been placed on restricted duties by then [after the incident with the teenager] and informed my superiors were going to 'hold onto' my own until after the misconduct proceedings.' He was furious, and deeply injured. 'The other officers weren't going to go without me and I did ultimately go, however it felt extremely much like being the kid at the party you weren't invited to.'

On the night of the contentious arrest, Lorne was at completion of an 11-hour shift when a call can be found in about a violent masked culprit, last seen driving an e-scooter, who was thought of assaulting a senior man and a teenage boy.

Staff at a regional McDonald's had been frightened enough to close their doors before calling for assistance. Earlier that day, cops officers had actually been alerted that there had actually been a big gang fight and possible suspects were still at big.

There was no reason for Lorne to take that call - the oncoming shift might have handled it - however he states he volunteered, 'since that's what you do'.

The suspect was quickly found and when he resisted arrest, Lorne 'took him down to the ground'.

This part is not contentious. The misconduct hearing found no fault with the force used to take the suspect to the floor. It was the tussle that followed that was deemed problematic.

Did PC Castle lose control? He worries how filled that circumstance was. 'As an authorities officer, you go into the unidentified and there is a worry there.' He mentions that his managers released a damning declaration which repeatedly described the suspect as a 15-year-old boy.

'The story was that he was frightened of me. But he never ever made a grievance. I would argue that he was scared of getting captured.

'And I did not understand he was 15 - to ride an e-scooter you need to be 16. Even if I had understood, should I have held back because of his age? That is doing an injustice to every household who have actually lost someone due to the fact that they were stabbed by a teenager. No, I did not understand that he had a knife, however it was my job to do a risk evaluation and I have to state my assessment was spot on.'

The knife that fell from the suspect's waistband was small however possibly deadly, particularly at close quarters, he mentions.

'Do you know how much space you need for a machete to be deadly? Quite a lot, due to the fact that it needs a swing. A knife like this? With a tiny motion you can be talking about a severed artery.'

He shakes his head. 'I can keep stating sorry for swearing. But I made that arrest. I took a knife off the streets. There was no injury. No problem from the suspect.'

Did he go off that shift believing that it had been a disaster?

'Quite the opposite. I keep in mind thinking about the knife and going: 'Jeez, that was close. That could have gone severely'.'

He won't criticise the junior officers who raised the problem, besides to refer me to that witness who called 999. 'He thought I was on my own there.'

But the feeling that he has been let down by his superiors is clear. 'I thought we were all working towards the same thing, which is keeping our neighborhood safe. That's all I have actually ever tried to do and I have been openly destroyed for it.' Lorne explains having to hand over his badge as 'the worst minute in my life'.

He says he is nearly scared to stroll the streets he when patrolled now. 'Dorset Police have actually put a target on my head. I do not even understand if we can stay here, as a family, which is heartbreaking due to the fact that this is our neighborhood.'

The only advantage is the swell of support from those who believe he has been mistreated. A GoFundMe account, established by Chris Amey, the male who encouraged him to join the authorities, was last night standing at ₤ 95,000. 'I'm just humbled, but so grateful. It indicates I can pay the mortgage, in the meantime anyway.'

He goes back to those messages again. One sent on Facebook originates from another mother, Sarah Robinson, who lost her son Cameron Hamilton in 2023. The

18-year-old was stabbed to death by another teen in Bournemouth. 'As the mum of Cameron Hamilton, who was killed by someone utilizing a knife, I thank you for doing your task,' she wrote. 'I am distressed that the police has actually lost such a great officer.'

This makes Lorne wish to weep - for himself and his household, yes, however also for those individuals he guaranteed to serve.

'I did my job,' he duplicates. 'And I have been crucified for it.'