Cop girl tells of 999 lie.

A POLICEMAN'S girlfriend yesterday told a court that the officer lied in a 999 call after he crashed his car.

Karen McIntosh said PC James Dickson phoned the ambulance service and falsely claimed that his cousin, who was left injured and pouring with blood after the smash, had actually been hurt when he came off a motorbike.

Falkirk Sheriff Court heard that Dickson's cousin, 18-year-old Alan Stark, had been a passenger in the BMW along with Karen, 25-year-old Alistair Lyons, and Paul Travers,when the accident happened in Dean Road, Bo'ness, in March.

Mr Lyons said that Dickson - who is accused of attempting to defeat the ends of justice - and the others walked from the crash site to his home in Bo'ness, West Lothian.

Mr Lyons claimed: "We did talk about getting an ambulance but we waited until we got to my house He said he heard Dickson, of Falkirk, call an ambulance, saying Alan had "come off a dirt bike".

Prosecutor Heather Carmichael asked: "Why did he not tell the truth?"

He replied: "I don't know." Miss McIntosh, 22, of Falkirk, listened to a recording of a 999 call in which a man said "my friend was out on his bike and came off it".

The fiscal asked her: "Whose voice is that?"

She replied: "James's" and told the fiscal her boyfriend had lied.

Central Scotland PC Dickson, 23, denies failing to stop after an accident and making an untrue 999 call with intent to mislead police. The trial continues

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ACCIDENT: James Dickson