The officer pleaded responsible to 5 counts of harassment in relation to 5 colleagues
London:
An Indian-origin police officer, who pleaded responsible to harassment in a London court docket, has been dismissed from Scotland Yard ranks in London for gross misconduct. Ajay Singh, hooked up to the North Space Primary Command Unit of the Metropolitan Police in London, confronted a misconduct listening to and was discovered to have breached the Requirements of Skilled Behaviour in relation to Discreditable Conduct to the extent of gross misconduct on Tuesday.
Earlier, Singh pleaded responsible to 5 counts of harassment in relation to 5 colleagues – 4 ladies and a person – at Woolwich Crown Court docket in Might. He is because of be sentenced for the crime on September 8.
“The actions of PC [Police Constable] Singh had been reprehensible, significantly given they had been dedicated in opposition to his personal colleagues. His motive for these malicious offences stays unclear, they usually have had a major unfavourable influence on his victims,” stated Detective Chief Superintendent Treena Fleming, in-charge of native policing in Enfield and Haringey space of London.
“This type of conduct has no place within the Met and the listening to has rightly decided that PC Singh ought to be dismissed,” she stated.
Throughout October 2020, an off-duty Singh made various malicious and threatening telephone calls to the guy law enforcement officials in query.
All calls had been made out of a withheld quantity. The victims had been subjected to threats, private insults and verbal abuse.
One of many victims reported the matter on October 19 final 12 months and following enquiries by officers, it was established that the telephone used in the course of the offences belonged to Singh. He was arrested later that day earlier than being launched on bail.
On November 16, 2020, he was additional arrested in connection to the offences in opposition to the remaining victims.
Singh was charged in March this 12 months through postal requisition and has been suspended from obligation since October 2020.
After listening to the proof, Misconduct Listening to Chair, Assistant Commissioner Helen Ball, discovered that Singh had breached the Requirements of Skilled Behaviour in respect of Discreditable Conduct and dismissed him with out discover.
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