A Met officer has appeared in court charged with sexual assault. PC Jason Capery, based on the Central West Command, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday, 4 February 2026 where he pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault. The offence took place during a social event in Westminster on 24 January 2025 when PC Capery was off-duty. He grabbed the bottom of a woman known to him. PC Capery was charged via postal requisition. He is due to be sentenced on Frida

A MAN has been charged with multiple counts of serious sexual offences against women and children spanning over 17 years. Adebayo Adeyemi, 58, from Dartford, Kent, was charged with 33 offences on Friday, 9 January 2026. The offences are alleged to have taken place in the south London area between 2002 and 2019. The charges include: • 6 counts of rape • 1 count of attempted rape • 1 count of assault by penetration • 21 counts of sexual assault • 4 counts of indecent assault Th

A SENIOR Met Police firearms officer is facing allegations he promoted a mobile pizza business while on long-term sick leave from the force. PS Matt Skelt, of the Met's MO19 Specialist Firearms Command Unit, known as the 'Trojans', is accused of spending time on the family business across Essex. It is part of a Met Police apparent crackdown on officers allegedly carrying out other jobs while on sick leave or suspension. A public notice published ahead of a misconduct hearing

DETECTIVES investigating the death of a woman in Willesden on Saturday have charged a man with murder. Najiib Raytaan, 25 (08.04.00) of Harlesden Road, NW10, was charged on Monday, 2 February 2026 and appeared at Willesden Magistrates’ Court this morning. He has been remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on Wednesday, 4 February. Police were called at around 4pm on Saturday, 31 January, to reports of a stabbing on Pound Lane, Willesden. Officers attended alongside c

A man found with a large amount of dangerous chemicals in his garden shed has been jailed after he was convicted of various offences linked to explosive and poisonous substances. Harry Whittaker, aged 33, (above) was arrested on 6 May 2024 after Bedfordshire Police officers searched his home address in Caddington. Whittaker came to police attention after he was seen by paramedics for injuries linked to exposure to various chemicals he had been handling. Whittaker made comment

A WOMAN was shot through her front door while she was with her one-year-old child on Christmas Eve police have only just revealed. Met police detectives are only now appealing to the public for information following the shooting that has left her in a serious condition in hospital. Police were called at 10:50pm on Tuesday, 24 December 2025 to reports of shots fired at a residential address on Cronin Street, Peckham. Officers attended alongside the London Ambulance Service and

POLICE are appealing for information about an assault on a man in a shop on Cranbrook Road, Ilford, on New Year's Eve. At 3:10pm on Wednesday, 31 December 2025, officers and the London Ambulance Service responded to reports of an assault involving a large group of men at the Where 2 Save international supermarket on Cranbrook Road, Ilford. A Met Police spokesperson said: "One victim, a man in his 40s, suffered head injuries and was taken to hospital. His condition was not

The policing inspectorate is to carry out an urgent independent inspection into the Metropolitan Police’s recruitment and vetting standards, after it emerged that thousands of candidates joined the force without proper checks. This follows an internal review carried out by the Met which found that the force had lowered vetting checks into the background of both prospective and existing police officers and staff between 2018 and 2023. This included not checking military bac

A POLICE officer obsessed with female belly button piercings waged an online stalking and harassment campaign against 11 women he met through work, school and university, a misconduct panel found. Former PC Joss Astley targeted the victims between 2014 and 2020 while he was an officer for the Met Police, the hearing in south east London heard. Astley, who resigned during the investigation, set up pseudonym Instagram accounts to massage the victims, some of whom came to him fo

SOME retailers are to blame for the shoplifting epidemic for their feeble response and unwillingness to prosecute according to Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley (top left) and a security leader. Sir Mark would not name uncooperative retailers but called out the industry after saying police had stepped up their response to the problem after being urged to by retailers two years ago.even He even warned of a number of cases where corrupt shop security were aiding and abett