The Latest Breaking News from Met Police

Metropolitan Police officer charged with stalking woman

Pc Ben Bunsell, attached to Central South Command Unit, is said to have stalked the woman between June and July 2023.

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2023

Met Police to use respectful language and explain actions in new stop and search trial

Force’s scientific officer says police are being given new training and targeting areas ‘with very high risks of people getting stabbed or killed’

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2023

Retired Met Police officers jailed over plot to share child sex abuse images

Jack Addis and Jeremy Laxton had posted hard drives to each other and to a serving Met Police chief inspector, who has since been found dead

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2023

Met Police face probe after black mother handcuffed and wrongly accused of bus fare evasion

Video footage of the woman shouting as two male Metropolitan Police officers hold her arms and handcuff her has provoked criticism.

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

Richard Okorogheye disengaged from studies and visited sex worker, inquest hears

The 19-year-old’s body was found in a pond in the woodland two weeks after going missing from his home in Ladbroke Grove, west London.

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

Probe launched as man, 30, dies in custody after being arrested by Met Police in Croydon

Watchdog to review CCTV from Croydon Custody Centre after man’s death

Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2023

Mother wrongly accused of dodging bus fare handcuffed in front of crying child

Footage shared on social media shows the woman shouting “get off me” to two Met officers in front of the distressed child

The Independent UK · Jul 24, 2023

Watchdog investigating Met Police’s handling of serial rapist David Carrick

The IOPC is investigating whether officers repeatedly failed to take appropriate action when criminal allegations were made against Carrick.

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023

Inside the world of luxury watch robberies as owners warned ‘Rolex Rippers’ could be watching them

Singer Aled Jones was the most recent celebrity to be targeted for his expensive watch

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023

Woman and son attacked by random man in Newham

A woman and her son were threatened and attacked with a knife by a lone man in east London, the Met Police has said.

Evening Standard · Jul 20, 2023