Cheating cop wife and her lover ‘went into a frenzy’ and attacked her estranged husband after he caught them having sex in a Screwfix car park, court told

A cheating police officer and her lover panicked and attacked her husband after he caught them having sex in a Screwfix car park, a lawyer said.

PC Stephanie Glynn, 40, and Acting Inspector Andrew McLullich were spotted naked from the waist down by Gavin Harper in a Kia 4×4 parked in the Screwfix car park in Birkenhead, Liverpool.

Ex-Merseyside police officer Harper is accused of stalking his estranged wife as he bugged her car, took her phone, hacked into her social media and downloaded her Snapchat history following the break-up of their relationship in 2020.

He is also accused of unlawfully wounding Ms Glynn’s new partner, Mr McLullich, after catching the pair having sex in the car park on February 16, 2021.

During his trial at Liverpool Crown Court yesterday, his lawyer Suzanne Payne put forward a different version of events. She said: ‘When Harper opened the back door (…), Mr McLullich realized what was happening and became furious.

“He turned around and started punching Harper in the face, so much so that Harper fell backwards against the side of the car.

The pair were discovered in the Screwfix car park in Birkenhead, Liverpool (pictured)

“Then Mr. McLullich got out of the car, stumbling because his pants were still around his ankles, and when he pulled them up, he lunged at Harper.”

She added: “Harper fought back and punched him. Then Harper stopped fighting. He had no fight left in him. He started taking the hits.”

Photos of Harper’s badly bruised and bloodied face were shown to the jury. But Ms Glynn said: ‘I would suggest they have themselves to blame because that’s the type of person he is.’

Ms Payne said Ms Glynn’s testimony, in which she stated McLullich did not try to fight back or escape as Harper “punched him over and over again”, was “nonsense”.

Ms Glynn claimed Harper then lay on the ground and retrieved a tracking device from her car, and Mr McLullich ‘messed around’ with him as he tried to take it away.

But Ms Payne said the acting inspector was in fact looking for Harper’s phone, which he allegedly used to film the pair having sex in a public place.

Mrs Payne said: ‘You (Glynn) shouted ‘get his phone, get his phone’. You really wanted to grab Harper’s phone because you knew the images could seriously damage your career.

They were spotted by Gavin Harper (pictured) in a Kia 4×4 parked in a Screwfix car park

“While Harper was on the ground, Mr. McLullich continued to punch and kick him. Then you (Glynn) jumped in. You kicked him aside.”

Ms Glynn denied this, maintaining her earlier claims that she witnessed Harper hit Mr McLullich on the head with a torch ‘at least twice’. She said: ‘At the end he (Harper) had a little bit of blood on his forehead, but it didn’t drip down his face like Andy’s… He had no injuries at all.’

Harper, of Ailsa Road in Liscard, had been in a relationship with Ms Glynn for ten years before their marriage hit problems in 2020.

In October, Ms Glynn began communicating regularly with Mr McLullich, who was also married, via WhatsApp and Snapchat, exchanging more than 900 messages in just two days. Harper noticed that his wife had become distant and confronted her, but she denied having an affair.

He is accused of stalking Ms Glynn, causing serious alarm and distress, by bugging her car and allegedly following her to Bidston Hill, where the defense said she met Mr McLullich. On December 15, 2020, he took her mobile phone and downloaded her Snapchat history, revealing the dates and times she had communicated with Mr McLullich.

He denied trapping Ms Glynn’s arm in the window of his Ford Mondeo as she reached into the vehicle in an attempt to retrieve her phone. He also denied driving away with her arm stuck in it, causing her to fall onto the road.

PC Stephanie Glynn, 40, (pictured) and Acting Inspector Andrew McLullich were spotted having sex in a car park

Harper is accused of stalking his estranged wife while bugging her car, taking her phone, hacking into her social media and downloading her Snapchat history.

It was said that a GPS tracker that Ms Glynn found in her car on December 20 had been placed there some time ago “purely for security reasons” by Harper, and that he had a similar tracker in his own car.

The court heard that Ms Glynn only reported Harper’s behavior after Harper herself contacted Merseyside Police claiming she and Mr McLullich had had sex while on duty. On January 17, 2021, she texted a friend that she was “furious” and “furious” at Harper for reporting her to the Professional Standards Department.

When her friend asked her if she wanted to report Harper for stalking, she replied, “I don’t want to, but I might have to if PSD comes knocking.”

Ms Payne said: ‘The only reason you said he was stalking you is because you knew PSD would get involved.’

She added: “You said you were harassed, that you were deeply alarmed by Harper’s behavior, to deviate from the attack you knew Mr McLullich had inflicted on him. You were concerned that professional standards would become involved. You came in first because you caused these injuries and it was an attempt to deflect from the truth.”

Mrs Glynn denied this. She said she initially did not report Harper because she wanted to protect him and because she was afraid of him.

The process continues.