Met Police officer jailed after stealing £115 from a dead man who collapsed in the street

Craig Carter pleaded blameworthy to misconduct successful nationalist bureau (Image: PA)

A Met Police serviceman has been sentenced to 16 months successful jailhouse aft stealing wealth from a dormant antheral connected the street.

Craig Carter, 51, pleaded blameworthy astatine Wood Green Crown Court to misconduct successful nationalist bureau aft stealing wealth from an Italian filmmaker and histrion who died aft collapsing.

Claudio Gaetani was cycling during greeting unreserved hr to conscionable a mates helium was staying with successful Hornsey, northbound London, erstwhile helium had a bosom onslaught successful September 2022.

The £115 was allegedly stolen portion Gaetani laic dormant connected a thoroughfare successful Haringey for six hours portion officers awaited the accomplishment of an undertaker. Gaetani had lone arrived successful the UK the nighttime earlier for a theatre festival successful the Southbank.

When his woman went to cod his belongings from Edmonton constabulary station, she noticed that the wealth Mr Gaetani had exchanged was missing from his wallet, prompting the Met to motorboat an investigation.

Claudio Gaetani (right) with his person Gianluca (Image: Contributed)

Anti-corruption detectives spotted an serviceman counting the wealth connected CCTV during the investigation. The complaint stated that helium "took for his ain usage wealth from a wallet received by him successful grounds successful narration to a abrupt death".

At Wood Green Crown Court successful June, Judge Daniel Fugallo addressed the serviceman and said: "I person to marque perfectly wide that an contiguous custodial condemnation seems the apt result successful this case."

Today (September 13), helium was sentenced to 16 months successful prison. Carter was dismissed astatine the decision of a 1 time Accelerated Misconduct Hearing successful August.

The seat recovered PC Carter breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour successful respect of: Discreditable Conduct, Honesty & Integrity and Duties & Responsibilities.

He volition present beryllium placed connected the College of Policing barred database meaning helium cannot service arsenic a constabulary serviceman oregon successful a fig of different related roles successful the future, the Met Police added successful a statement.

Detective Superintendent Marco Bardetti said: “It is wide from today’s blameworthy plea that PC Carter knows what helium did was incorrect and falls good beneath what immoderate of america would expect from a constabulary officer. The grounds against him could not beryllium denied.

“In September 2022, PC Carter was liable for looking aft a antheral who had sadly died successful the street, arsenic good arsenic taking work for his idiosyncratic possessions.

“A family, struggling to travel to presumption with the decease of a loved one, should not beryllium enactment successful a presumption wherever they person to marque a ailment against an officer, suspecting that they person taken money.

“The Met is not an organisation that volition tolerate specified behaviour.”

Crown Prosecution Service spokesperson Tetteh Turkson said: “The immense bulk of constabulary officers are viewed by members of the nationalist arsenic trustworthy, liable and upstanding members of our society. Carter fell woefully abbreviated of these expectations.

"The information Carter thought helium could freely bargain from a unfortunate who had sadly passed distant is not lone disturbing, but profoundly disrespectful to the victim's family. Our thoughts stay with them astatine this time."