Sacked rogue officers could be reinstated and owed backpay if Met Police loses legal challenge, chief warns

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rogue officers who were sacked over allegations of domestic and sexual abuse could be reinstated and owed thousands in backpay if the Metropolitan Police loses a High Court challenge over vetting rules, a senior officer has warned. In the worst-case scenario, it could The majority of those referred to Operation Assure were men identified in a ten-year review of historic allegations of sexual misconduct and domestic abuse made against officers, launched in the wake of a series of scandals, including the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard by serving Met officer Wayne Couzens. open image in gallery Sir Mark Rowley vowed to root out rogue officers and promised ‘more trust, less crime, high standards’ when he took over as Met commissioner Losing the right to use Op Assure would leave the Met forced to retain staff “with these really worrying allegations in their history”, he said, adding: “Our view is that is entirely unacceptable. Sgt Di Maria’s counsel Kevin Baumber said professional misconduct hearings had found he had “no case to answer” in respect of the allegations made against him.