Met Police officer sacked after being found not guilty of sexual assault on work night out
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-officer-misconduct-hearing-sexual-assault-scotland-yard-b1167046.html
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Met Police officer sacked after being found not guilty of sexual assault on work night out
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/met-police-officer-misconduct-hearing-sexual-assault-scotland-yard-b1167046.html
Posted by DarkSkiesGreyWaters
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Thought that was a headline from The Onion for a sec
The difference here is conduct is measured on balance of probability – civil standard as opposed to criminal burden – beyond reasonable doubt.
[https://www.met.police.uk/foi-ai/metropolitan-police/misconduct-outcomes/2024/june/pc-jonathan-lee-outcome-summary/](https://www.met.police.uk/foi-ai/metropolitan-police/misconduct-outcomes/2024/june/pc-jonathan-lee-outcome-summary/)
*PC Jonathan Lee based at West Area Command Unit answered allegations that his conduct amounted to breaches of the Standards of Professional Behaviour in respect of:*
* *Discreditable Conduct*
***It was alleged that on Tuesday 25 June 2019, whilst at an off duty social event, PC Lee picked up Officer A, with her permission, in a fireman’s lift.***
***Whilst performing squats with Officer A on his back and shoulders, PC Lee touched an intimate area between her buttocks without her consent.***
(Met interview)
“Have you committed any offences?”.
“Is that still compulsory?”