During the latest hearing, a panel found Portelli “had abused his position as a police officer and/or a police inspector and attempted to influence the way night club door staff dealt with him and/or the altercation he had with a woman by telling them he was a police officer” while being off-duty during the evening of 30 March into the early hours of 31 March 2024 in Poole Hill, Bournemouth.

