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 [...]
Met reviews 300 sexual misconduct cases against officers as it hauls in 50 investigators November 23, 2021 The Metropolitan police has hauled in 50 new investigators to help with the force’s bid to rebuild trust in London amid an internal review of around 300 cases of sexual misconduct allegations. It was revealed last month that the force had 530 sexual misconduct allegations against it, from the past five years alone, according to [...]
Met faces legal challenge after it doesn’t investigate Tory cash for peerages claims November 21, 2021 The Metropolitan Police is facing a legal challenge over its decision to not investigate claims that the Tory party systemically gives peerages to its largest donors. The Metropolitan Police will not investigate research done by the Sunday times/OpenDemocracy that showed the past 16 Tory party treasurers, who have all donated more than £3m to the [...]
Prince Andrew’s £1.5m loan reportedly paid off by conservative party donor November 16, 2021 One of the conservative party’s top donors reportedly transferred £1.5m to Prince Andrew days after he borrowed a similar amount from a Luxembourg bank. David Rowland sent the money to a London account at Banque Havilland SA in December 2017 which was held by Prince Andrew, Bloomberg News first reported. The wire transfer came from a company [...]
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 [...]
Watch as Israeli ambassador in UK is forced to flee London School of Economics, Liz Truss calls incident ‘unacceptable’ November 10, 2021 Protests outside a London university event where Israel’s ambassador to the UK spoke have been condemned by ministers as “deeply disturbing” and “appalling”. Tzipi Hotovely was invited to the London School of Economics (LSE) campus for an event hosted by the student debating society. Footage emerged on social media after the debate on Tuesday evening [...]
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.
Climate activists hold night protest against Science Museum’s fossil fuel partnership October 27, 2021 Student climate activists hold a protest inside London's Science Museum over its sponsorship deals with fossil fuel companies.
BREAKING: Animal Rebellion takes over govt building in Westminster, activisits threaten to stay ‘indefinitely’ October 26, 2021 Animal Rebellion activists have scaled a Government building in Westminster and say they plan to stay there “indefinitely”. Four activists from Animal Rebellion, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, used ladders, ropes and harnesses to climb the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) office as high as “20 metres” at around 6am on Tuesday. [...]