All news on the topic: Metropolitan Police

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Two gun cops, who endured five years of probe hell after shooting a robber, are given the all-clear
Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley is campaigning for fairer accountability rules for cops
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Horrific crimes of ’devil’ serial rapist Met Cop revealed, joining force’s roll of dishonor
Dozens of officers and employees at the Metropolitan Police have been arrested and found guilty of harrowing offences including rape and child sexual exploitation
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13-year-old boy fatally wounded in a ‘horrific’ sword assault in north-east London
Man arrested after attack near Hainault tube station which left four others, including two police officers, injured
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Metropolitan Police to compensate French publisher arrested under anti-terror laws with ’five-figure sum’
Ernest Moret was held en route to a book fair amid fears police are using counter-terrorism powers to target activists
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Met Commissioner faces call to resign over protest row
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner should resign over the force’s handling of pro-Palestinian protests, the Campaign Against Antisemitism has said.
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A police officer was stabbed while responding to a 999 emergency call
A police officer has been left with serious injuries to his shoulder after he was stabbed while responding to an incident in north London.
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Met police failed to act on Commons ‘honeytrap’ sexting reports last year
The force has said there was nothing to suggest at the time that the messages were part of a wider pattern
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Tory MP was with his wife when he received first ‘honeypot’ WhatsApp nude
A second Conservative MP has claimed to have been targeted in a parliamentary honeytrap sexting scam, as the Met Police open an investigation into ‘unsolicited messages’.
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Iran International journalist stabbed outside London home
Counter-terror police lead investigation after presenter was reportedly attacked by group of men
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Partner of cop shot in cell sues police saying he could 'be alive now'
Su Bushby is now suing Scotland Yard after a coroner outlined in an inquest the failures that let Louis de Zoysa smuggle a revolver into a custody suite and shoot her partner Matt Ratana
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Body recovered from the Thames feared to be of a teenage student
The Met Police believe a body recovered from the Thames last month is of missing university student Samaria Ayanle who was reported missing last week
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UK regions with the most firearm offences shown - see how yours fares
A new report has shown the areas with the most firearm offences in the UK, as well as where has the most shotguns and where has the most refused certificates
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Woman arrested at school after staff thought she punched brother, 9, in face
Rebecca Riley, 28, was arrested outside Ravensworth Primary school in south London after teachers reported her punching her younger brother John in the face - but she was simply restraining him
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Man shot dead in early morning attack as police launch murder probe
Detectives at the Metropolitan Police are investigating a murder after a man was shot dead in Lewisham, South London, in the early hours of Sunday morning
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Man's phone stolen twice in seconds in 'elaborate' £10k scam at London bar
Scam victim Roberto Mobile was left with just £500 to his name after a pickpocket stole his phone twice within a matter of seconds at a pub in Stockwell, South London
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Cops 'kick down locked door' at station as man arrested for arson after fire
Passengers at West Hampstead Station faced chaos this afternoon due to a 'serious incident'. Police said a fire was contained and a man was arrested on suspicion of arson
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Samantha Fox charged with public order offence over on-flight bust-up
London's Metropolitan Police have confirmed that Samantha Fox has been charged with a public order offence following her arrest at Heathrow Airport two months ago
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Armed police officer accused of murdering man in fatal shooting can now be named
The police marksman accused of the murder of unarmed Black man Chris Kaba, 24, in Streatham, south-west London, in September 2022 can be named publicly as 40-year-old Martyn Blake for the first time after a lengthy legal battle
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Mum blasts 'hopeless' police after son's body lay in van at BP garage for 6 days
Don Shepherd was last seen parking his van at a BP station in east London on February 11 and despite reported calls from his mum to police saying he was missing, his body was only found six days later
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Met Police cop sacked after telling woman his 'white supremacist rape fantasy'
PC David Seager has been dismissed from the Met Police after sharing a white supremacist rape fantasy, as well as other offences including telling a man he would be raped in jail
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Thug who killed woman in mistaken identity case 'shocked' body still missing
Muriel McKay was 55 when she was kidnapped by brothers Arthur and Nizamodeen Hosein in 1969 and died in the incident, but her body has never been found
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Forest Gate Police Station fire rages for 7 hours as huge blaze seen for miles
More than 100 firefighters attended the blaze at Forest Gate Police Station in east London last night, and Metropolitan Police said the building had to be be evacuated
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Madeleine McCann detectives given £100,000 to boost search for missing girl
London's Metropolitan Police has so far been given £13million from the Government since 2011 to look for Madeleine McCann who went missing when she was three years old
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BBC viewers terrified as Sarah Everard documentary exposes cop failings
Sarah Everard: The Search For Justice premiered on BBC One on Tuesday night, just days after the third anniversary of her death, and left viewers feeling very angry and heartbroken
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Sarah Everard's heartbreaking final moments as killer PC 'arrested' her
Three years ago, serving Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens pretended to arrest Sarah Everard, 33, before horrifically raping and killing her and dumping her body