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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Martin Bentham

50 cases a month of Met violence against women

Nearly 50 allegations of violence by Met officers and staff against women are being received each month, new figures have revealed as campaigners warned of the “staggering” extent of the problem infecting forces.

The statistics show that 268 new allegations of “police-perpetrated violence against women and girls” have been made in the six months since the start of September when Sir Mark Rowley took over as Commissioner.

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