36 h. ago Former Met police officer accused of using sex workers while on duty

Exclusive: Imran Patel, who resigned last year after reports about his conduct, is being investigated by the IOPCA former Metropolitan police officer allegedly used sex workers while on duty in the midst of a major investigation into behavioural standards, the Guardian can reveal.Britain’s largest police force has been described as “institutionally misogynistic” after widespread claims that a “toxic” sexist culture has been allowed to thrive for decades. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Met Police sergeant who said detainee ‘deserves to be beaten up’ in BBC Panorama footage sacked

Police Sergeant Lawrence Hume, based within the Metropolitan Police detention unit, was filmed as part of a BBC Panorama programme

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48 h. ago Met Police sergeant filmed saying detainee ‘deserves to be beaten up’ sacked

Police Sergeant Lawrence Hume, based within the Metropolitan Police detention unit, was filmed as part of a BBC Panorama programme.

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50 h. ago Met Police sacks fewer than a THIRD of cops probed for misconduct in last four years

Just 413 Metropolitan Police officers lost their jobs, or voluntarily quit, over allegations of misconduct, despite 1,345 being probed for wrongdoing in the toxic, misogynistic culture

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67 h. ago Met police’s culture makes racial harm ‘inevitable’, internal review finds

The revew, the first to focus on the racism of the institution as a whole, found a culture and leadership determined to prevent real changeThe “racial harm” the Metropolitan police inflicts on black people is “institutionally defended”, with its leadership and culture protecting the force from real change, an internal review has found.The report by Dr Shereen Daniels, published on Friday, draws on internal documents and evidence, with the Met responding by accepting long-standing evidence of racism and discrimination within Britain’s biggest force. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Racism 'baked' into Metropolitan Police with skin colour discrimination

Discrimination in UK's largest police force is part of the 'institutional design' and the leadership and culture means darker skinned officers are 'labelled confrontational', probe reveals

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67 h. ago Discrimination is 'baked' into the HR systems of the Metropolitan Police says review

Shereen Daniels, author of 30 Patterns Of Harm: A Structural Review Of Systemic Racism Within The London Metropolitan Police Service, said discrimination is “baked” into the “institutional design” of the force

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2 d. ago Premier League ace Yves Bissouma has more than £800k ‘stolen’ from account at VIP bank Coutts in massive ‘fraud’

PREMIER League ace Yves Bissouma had more than £800,000 “stolen” in an alleged fraud from his VIP Coutts bank account.  The £30million Spurs midfielder’s losses occurred between September 2022 and June 2024, The Sun can reveal.  Maurice Gomes, 31, was initially arrested after a report from the player over a year ago.  Metropolitan police confirmed Gomes was...

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3 d. ago Caroline Flack’s mother says real story ‘is much darker’ in documentary trailer

Caroline Flack: Search For The Truth looks at the events that led up to the TV presenter taking her life.

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3 d. ago Prisoner hands himself in after three days, as manhunt continues for migrant

Billy Smith, 35, handed himself back in after he was mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth.

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3 d. ago Fury as two prisoners wrongly released from HMP Wandsworth in a week – and police weren’t told about one for six days

Anger as Metropolitan Police say they were only informed on Tuesday that migrant sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was on the run, six days after his ‘release in error’

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4 d. ago Police launch double manhunt as two prisoners mistakenly released from jail

It comes after migrant Hadush Kebatu was wrongly released from HMP Chelmsford on October 24.

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4 d. ago Manhunts for Algerian flasher and convicted fraudster wrongly released from Wandsworth prison

Anger as Metropolitan Police say they were only informed on Tuesday that prisoner was on the run, six days after his ‘release in error’

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4 d. ago Police manhunt as second foreign prisoner mistakenly released from jail

Algerian Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was accidentally freed from HMP Wandsworth last week but police were only told on Tuesday.

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4 d. ago Cyclist fighting for life after collision with car in south London

No arrests have been made and the driver involved is assisting police with their investigation

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4 d. ago Police manhunt after another foreign prisoner mistakenly released from jail

The Algerian man was accidentally freed from HMP Wandsworth on October 29, police said.

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4 d. ago Manhunt for Algerian 'knifeman', 24, on the run after being wrongly released from HMP Wandsworth

Anger as Metropolitan Police say they were only informed on Tuesday that prisoner was on the run, six days after his ‘release in error’

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4 d. ago Police ‘urgently’ looking for prisoner freed by mistake in London

Algerian man, 24, ‘released in error’ from HMP Wandsworth two days after stronger checks for jails were brought inPolice have launched an urgent manhunt for a second foreign prisoner mistakenly freed, two days after the justice secretary, David Lammy, brought in stronger checks for jails.The 24-year-old Algerian was wrongly released from Wandsworth prison in south London last Wednesday, with the Metropolitan police only informed this week. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Manhunt for Algerian prisoner, 24, on the run after mistaken release from HMP Wandsworth

Metropolitan Police say they were only informed on Tuesday that prisoner was on run, six days after his ‘release in error’

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4 d. ago ‘God help anyone with him with a warrant card’, said David Carrick accuser

Carrick, 50, is on trial at the Old Bailey charged over a slew of sexual offences.

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