A former police officer who kept a can of pepper spray after leaving the force has pleaded guilty to possessing a weapon. Oliver Morwell-Neave, from Ash, near Canterbury, claimed he forgot he still had the canister of PAVA incapacitant spray – a synthetic form of pepper spray – after resigning from Kent Police in August 2022. The 24-year-old, who served as a PC in Margate and Dover, was also charged with theft after allegedly failing to hand back the canister and items including his uniform, warrant card and other IDs when he stepped down. Morwell-Neave originally denied possessing a weapon fo…
