A 46-year-old senior detective in North Wales is accused of using a police computer record to provide information to a friend, a court hears. The defendant, Detective Inspector Emma Gardner, is said to have told the friend, “I have my uses,” according to evidence presented in court. Prosecutors allege she accessed information through a police system and shared it outside lawful channels. The case is being heard before the court, which has also heard details of Gardner’s police career. She joined North Wales Police in 2000 and has worked across a range of roles, including in the Protecting Vulnerable People Unit. The reports describe the alleged disclosure as involving information obtained via a police computer record. The sources provided do not set out the specific record or the precise information that was allegedly shared, nor do they describe any judicial outcome at this stage.