A SECOND cop in the botched murder probe of a girl feared to have been chopped into kebabs is suing his former force.
Don Fraser, 58, was suspended in 2011 amid claims he accessed files on missing Charlene Downes to help clear Det Sgt Janet Beasant of misconduct.
Mr Fraser — employed as a civilian worker by Lancashire Police after earlier retiring as a constable — had faced a disciplinary hearing last month.
But he quit the force just days before the hearing and launched a claim for constructive dismissal.
Last month The Sun exclusively revealed how DS Beasant was suing the force for £500,000 for misconduct in public office.
Charlene, 14, vanished in Blackpool in 2003.
Two takeaway owners were charged with her murder in 2007 amid claims they were taped talking about her body being chopped up and put into kebabs.
But two trials collapsed due to police failings and DS Beasant was sacked — only to be reinstated last year on appeal.
The two men were later awarded £370,000 compensation.
An Independent Police Complaints Commission inquiry found that surveillance techniques were “handled poorly and unprofessionally” and as a result it was unlikely Charlene’s killers would ever be found.
Lawyer Simon McKay said of Mr Fraser’s unfair dismissal claim: “It is his case that he made proper and lawful disclosures to DS Beasant where the force had failed in its basic duty of fairness.
“As such he should have been protected and supported by his employer.
“Instead he was disciplined and his position became untenable.”
Lancashire Police refused to comment.