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NEWS.COM.AU SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Jessica Parfrey, sacked after five months, allegedly told her boss: "I'm 19, what is wrong with you?" / The Daily Telegraph A POLICE officer who was sacked after begging colleagues for sex has lost her unfair dismissal claim. Within days of being posted Jessica Parfrey propositioned her supervisor to have an affair because "everyone knows you're supposed to fall in love with your buddy". A month later, after he turned her down, she told him: "Can't we just f***? I am a 19-year-old girl, what is wrong with you?" The Industrial Relations Commission in Sydney heard that Ms Parfrey also offered an officer oral sex in a pub toilet and carpark and later propositioned another, saying: "I know you want me." Both men refused. She tried to call another colleague 12 times, left six text messages and then offered to help him study for his police exams by stripping off an item of clothing for every question he got correct. He refused. Assistant Commissioner Michael Corboy told her in a letter that her conduct had been "entirely inconsistent" with the standards expected of an officer. However, she claimed her dismissal was unjust and argued that the majority of the alleged sexual harassment took place outside work during drinks with workmates. John Grayson, deputy president of the Industrial Relations Commission, refused yesterday to reinstate her, rejecting her claims that she had been joking. He said he believed her former colleagues at Waratah local area command, near Newcastle. Ms Parfrey, who was not in court, has been working as a barmaid. She graduated from the Goulburn police academy in May 2007 but she failed two subjects in her associate degree in policing at Charles Sturt University and had to fight to overturn a two-year study ban. The commission also heard that during her probation she told another officer that she wanted to attend the scenes of fatal traffic accidents because it would "f*** up her head" and she could use it for a hurt-on-duty claim. She also offered to lie in a suspected drink driving case, the commission was told. While out on patrol, she and another officer saw a suspected drink driver standing 100 metres from his car. She offered to say she had seen him behind the wheel, the commission was told. Ms Parfrey's solicitor, Stuart Grey, said she may appeal.
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