Met boss must rebuild confidence and trust, Rishi says as Mark Rowley faces calls to quit ahead of showdown talks
TWO gun cops who endured five years of probe hell after shooting a robber were given the all-clear yesterday.The 23-year-old was unarmed at the time but was later jailed for 13 years for conspiracy to rob.After the case against them was dropped ten days before trial in October 2022, the Independent Office for Police Conduct forced
Yesterday, a panel found the case not proven — finally putting the cops in the clear 1,978 days after McFarlane was shot., who is campaigning for fairer accountability rules for cops, said the delay “will have put untold strain on their professional and personal lives”. He said: “Why is it that if an armed officer discharges their weapon during a terrorist incident the system can clear them within months but officers taking on a gang of armed robbers face a five-year ordeal? That isn’t right.”They had believed McFarlane was armed at the time and he continued to flee even after being hit by a single bullet.The IOPC said: “We respect the panel’s decision.”
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