A police officer accused of knocking off early 72 times in three months in fact sometimes worked overtime he never claimed for and also appeared to work an entire shift without logging it, a jury heard today.

Rachel Boissinot, an analyst with Dyfed Powys police, told Swansea crown court she had studied data from cameras at Fishguard port which recorded Det Con Timothy Pawlett arriving and leaving.

Pawlett is accused of knocking off sometimes more than two hours earlier then he should have done and therefore being paid for work he had not done.

Cross examined by his barrister, Chris Clee QC, she agreed there were occasions when he arrived early and left late but did not make claims for overtime payments.

And he had completed entire shifts without logging them onto the Force's internal system.

Miss Boissinot agreed she had not balanced the apparent extra work with the time he had not worked.

"There were entire shifts that he had not put in any claim for and, on the face of it, would not have been paid for," said Mr Clee.

Pawlett, aged 52, of Bethany Row, Haverfordwest, is accused of receiving £1,100 in wages he had not been entitled to.

His fellow shift officer, DC Gareth Clement, aged 55, of Newport Road, Crymych, Pembrokeshire, is said to have been paid £710 more than he should have been.

Both men deny fraud by false representation and the trial continues.