By Brendan Mcfadden For Mailonline
Published: 15:28 GMT, 19 March 2019 | Updated: 15:29 GMT, 19 March 2019
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Britain's rudest female police officer has been sacked after breaking wind outside her sergeant's office and swearing whilst on duty.
Detective Constable Claire Fitzpatrick, 44, repeatedly used the C-word and asked a junior officer if he wanted to have an affair with a 'fatter, ugly, older woman', a disciplinary hearing heard.
Fitzpatrick said foul language was part of 'a culture of banter' at the village police station in Bedwas, south Wales and the C-word 'replaced the F-word as swear word of choice'.
Claire Fitzpatrick (pictured) said foul language was part of 'a culture of banter' at the village police station in Bedwas, south Wales
The mother-of-two, who was working as a temporary sergeant, admitted breaking wind in the station - but said: 'It wasn't deliberately'.
She said: 'Sometimes I would speak like the character Borat [a fictional satirical character played by Sacha Baron Cohen], or use a silly voice to say: 'Rather out than