A man has been charged with the murder of a woman in Westminster in 1994

Sandip Patel, 50 of Finchley Road, NW8, was charged on Thursday, 9 March. He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 10 March, where he was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, 14 March. The charge relates to the murder of Marina Koppell who died after being stabbed at her […]
Met Police Officer to appear in court charged with voyeurism

Following an investigation by the Met’s Anti-Corruption and Abuse Command, a serving officer will appear in court charged with three counts of voyeurism. The word on the street is that there is a problem with the way the government is handling the situation. He was immediately relieved of duty.
A man has been charged with a terrorism offence, following an arrest and investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command

A man has been charged with a terrorism offence, following an arrest and investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command. Magomed-Husejn Dovtaev, 30 , an Austrian national, was charged in the early hours of Monday, 13 February with collecting information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act […]
A man from Coventry, aged 26, has been charged with terrorism

Mohamad Al Bared will appear in Westminster Magistrates Court via video link tomorrow (7 February) on suspicion of engaging in terrorist-related conduct under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006. On January 31, he was arrested at a city address.
A serving British Army member has been accused of masterminding a bomb hoax at an RAF base

Daniel Abed Khalife is accused of putting “three canisters with wires at RAF Stafford with the intent of inducing in another a belief that the said article was likely to explode or ignite and thus cause personal injury or damage to property” in January. On Saturday, the 21-year-old from Beacon Barracks, Beaconside, Stafford, appeared in […]
A man has been charged with engaging in the preparation of an act of terrorism and with explosives and firearms offences following an incident at St James’s Hospital in Leeds

Following an incident at a hospital’s maternity wing in Leeds, a man has been charged under the Terrorism Act. Following the incident at St James’s Hospital in Leeds last Friday, Mohammad Farooq, 27, of Roundhay, Leeds, was charged with engaging in the preparation of an act of terrorism, as well as explosives and firearms offences, […]
A man has been charged with engaging in the preparation of an act of terrorism and with explosives and firearms offences following an inc…

Following an incident at a hospital’s maternity wing in Leeds, a man has been charged under the Terrorism Act. Following the incident at St James’s Hospital in Leeds last Friday, Mohammad Farooq, 27, of Roundhay, Leeds, was charged with engaging in the preparation of an act of terrorism, as well as explosives and firearms offences, […]
Two retired Metropolitan Police officers have been charged with possessing images of child sex abuse as part of an investigation into a serving chief inspector who was discovered dead before being charged

On February 9, Jack Addis, 63, of no fixed address, and Jeremy Laxton, 62, of Lincolnshire, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Both retired from the Metropolitan Police Service more than a decade ago.
Two retired Metropolitan Police officers have been charged with possessing images of child sex abuse as part of an investigation into a s…

On February 9, Jack Addis, 63, of no fixed address, and Jeremy Laxton, 62, of Lincolnshire, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Both retired from the Metropolitan Police Service more than a decade ago. Addis is accused of conspiring to distribute or display indecent images of children. Laxton faces three counts of conspiracy to distribute […]
Man charged with six counts of Terrorism due at Westminster Court

As part of an investigation by the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command, a man is due to appear in court today (Thursday, 19 January) charged with six terrorism offences. On Wednesday, 18 January, Abdiwahid Abdulkadir Mohamed, 31, of north London, was charged with six counts of possessing documents likely to be useful in committing or preparing […]
Following an accelerated misconduct hearing, a serving British Transport Police (BTP) officer was dismissed without notice

PS James Chatfield, based in London, responded to allegations of professional misconduct at a hearing held at Force Headquarters on Monday, January 9. On September 23 and 26, 2022, James began online conversations with a person he mistook for a 12-year-old girl while posing as a 17-year-old boy. PS Chatfield: During their conversations, When she […]
A serving police constable will face misconduct proceedings after being convicted of harassment

After being convicted of harassment, a serving police officer will face misconduct charges. PC Harvinder Dulay, of the Central West Command Unit, was charged with one count of harassment and appeared in City of London Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, January 12. That same day, he was convicted. On Thursday, February 9, he will be sentenced […]
A man has been arrested and charged after a woman was sexually assaulted in Notting Hill

James Bex, 35, of no fixed address, was arrested on the evening of 31 December 2022. He was taken into custody and was charged with the following offences on Sunday, 1 January: Attempted rape Cause a female 13 or over to engage in a non-penetrative sexual activity Burglary Two counts of fraud by false […]
A serving Met officer will appear in court tomorrow having been charged with sexual assault

PC Chris Lee, who is attached to the Central West Command Unit, was charged by postal requisition on Monday, 28 November and is due to attend Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 29 December. The offence is alleged to have happened in November 2021 when PC Lee was off duty. The Met’s Directorate of Professional […]
A serving British Transport Police (BTP) officer has been sentenced after being convicted of attempting sexual communication with a child, following an investigation by BTP’s Professional Standards Department

Police Sergeant James Chatfield, 36, based in London, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 18 November. On Monday , a judge at Inner London Crown Court sentenced him to six months imprisonment suspended for 18 months and handed him a seven-year […]
A serving British Transport Police (BTP) officer has been sentenced after being convicted of attempting sexual communication with a child…

Police Sergeant James Chatfield, 36, based in London, pleaded guilty to two counts of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 18 November. On Monday , a judge at Inner London Crown Court sentenced him to six months imprisonment suspended for 18 months and handed him a seven-year […]
Met review panel heard that in excess of 6,000 messages had been shared in a WhatsApp group in 2019, over 400 of which were inappropriate

On Friday, 9 December, a misconduct panel found that former PC Joel Borders and former PC Jonathon Cobban, previously attached to West Area Command Unit, former PC William Neville, previously attached to the South West Command Unit, and serving PC Gary Bailey, attached to Central North Command Unit, breached police standards of professional behaviour […]
Met review panel heard that in excess of 6,000 messages had been shared in a WhatsApp group in 2019, over 400 of which were inappropriate…

On Friday, 9 December, a misconduct panel found that former PC Joel Borders and former PC Jonathon Cobban, previously attached to West Area Command Unit, former PC William Neville, previously attached to the South West Command Unit, and serving PC Gary Bailey, attached to Central North Command Unit, breached police standards of professional behaviour […]