Category: The Metropolitan police

Met Police’s Approach to Tackling Corruption ‘Fundamentally Flawed’: UK Watchdog

London’s Metropolitan Police has failed to learn all the lessons from the unsolved murder of Daniel Morgan in 1987, and the force’s anti-corruption arrangements and procedures are “fundamentally flawed,” a police watchdog has found. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) on Tuesday published its inspection report (pdf) of the Met, concluding the…


Man Charged With Common Assault for Harrassing England’s Chief Medical Officer

One of the men who harassed England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty on Sunday has been charged, the Metropolitan police said on Friday. The man, 23-year old Lewis Hughes, was charged on Thursday evening with common assault. The Met said Hughes was charged by postal requisition and will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on July 30. The…