Police searching for missing Petra Srncova find body in London park December 12, 2021 Police searching for London nurse assistant Petra Srncova, who was missing for more than a week, yesterday said they had found a body in Brunswick Park. Officers remained at the scene last night while the formal indentification of the body was awaited. The police said Srncova’s death was still being treated as unexplained. Petra Srncova, [...]
Calls for Cressida Dick to resign after inquest finds Met Police failings “probably” led to more victims of the serial killer Stephen Port December 10, 2021 An inquest jury found this afternoon that mistakes by the Metropolitan Police "probably" contributed to the deaths of the victims of serial killer Stephen Port, leading to calls for Cressida Dick's resignatio
Met police officer charged with rape faces 13 additional offences against three more women November 24, 2021 A Metropolitan police officer charged with rape will also now face an additional 13 offences, relating to the rape and sexual assault of three more women. The Crown Prosecution Service said on Wednesday it had authorised Hertfordshire Constabulary to charge officer David Carrick with 13 additional offences. The offences are alleged to have taken place [...]
Probe into inappropriate relationships leads to bribery charges for former Metropolitan Police officer November 10, 2021 A former Metropolitan Police officer is among eight people charged with bribery offences, following an investigation into inappropriate relationships between police officers and people running local businesses. Ex-sergeant Frank Partridge, 48, from Wing in Buckinghamshire is accused of conspiracy to commit bribery. He was charged with the offence alongside seven others on Wednesday. The Met [...]
Former lord chief justice warns cautions for minor offences can have huge impact for life November 10, 2021 A former lord chief justice has warned of the long-term impact police cautions can have for even minor offences. Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd called for Parliament to be given an opportunity to look at a code of practice or framework for how cautions could be used in future, as peers continued their line-by-line scrutiny of [...]
Met Police officers plead guilty to sharing victims’ bodies on WhatsApp group November 2, 2021 Two Metropolitan police officers have pleaded guilty after taking photographs at a crime scene, where two women lay murdered, before sharing the images on a WhatsApp group.
Met Police officer charged with rape October 27, 2021 A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with rape over an incident alleged to have occurred on Sunday.
Police made range of mistakes in case of London sisters murdered in Wembley park October 26, 2021 A range of mistakes were made by police officers in the case of two sisters who were reported missing in June last year. An investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has found that information in the case of Nicole Smallman, 28, and Bibaa Henry, 46, who were stabbed to death in a [...]
Patel’s Policing bill could undermine trust and ‘exacerbate violence’, insiders warn October 25, 2021 Parts of a controversial Police Bill could undermine trust in forces and “exacerbate” serious violence, a number of former police chiefs have warned this morning. The group of ex-police leaders, senior officers and advisers has written to Home Secretary Priti Patel to express their concerns about some of the proposals contained in the Police, Crime, [...]
Met Police: Officers to use video calls to verify themselves to lone women October 20, 2021 Plain-clothes police officers stopping lone women will be able to confirm their identity through a video call, says Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick. The commissioner told the police and crime committee at City Hall that she will soon be launching the “Safe Connection” initiative. The initiative will allow plain clothes officers to verify themselves via video [...]