Met police officer who 'spanked teen girl' numerous times sacked but faces no prosecution

Sir Mark Rowley (pictured) is cleaning up the Met Police starring to immense numbers of intersexual cases (Image: Getty)

A constabulary serviceman sacked aft a misconduct sheet recovered helium assaulted a kid by spanking her bare bottommost galore times was not prosecuted, it has emerged.

A misconduct hearing, which concluded connected Friday, 27 September 2024, recovered that PC Ross Benson, attached to the Met Police North West Basic Command Unit, breached the modular of nonrecreational behaviour relating to discreditable behaviour astatine the level of gross misconduct.

He was dismissed without notice.

The misconduct proceeding panel, led by an autarkic chair, examined allegations that betwixt April 2018 and August 2018 PC Benson administered spankings to a girl, portion she was aged betwixt 12-13 years old, and determination was a intersexual constituent to them.

The miss was known to him and the spankings happened erstwhile helium was off-duty.

It besides heard that connected 6 November 2020, PC Benson was arrested by Bedfordshire Police connected suspicion of intersexual assault. In September 2021 helium was informed nary further enactment would beryllium taken.

Criminal prosecutions person to conscionable the "beyond tenable uncertainty threshold", whereas misconduct cases are tally connected the little threshold civilian "on the equilibrium of probabilities" load of proof.

The CPS and Bedfordshire Police person been contacted for remark astir the transgression investigation.

However, Bedfordshire Police did interaction the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards astir the allegations and a misconduct probe was launched.

Detective Superintendent Will Lexton-Jones, the acting the North West Basic Command Unit Commander, said: “My thoughts are archetypal and foremost with the unfortunate who displayed courageousness successful reporting this. PC Benson’s abhorrent behaviour has led to his contiguous dismissal, which is simply a determination I afloat support.

“I anticipation this result demonstrates however we are rooting retired those who bash not show the precocious standards we request from our officers.”

Following the proceeding PC Benson volition present beryllium placed connected the barred database held by the College of Policing. Those appearing connected the database cannot beryllium employed by police, section policing bodies (PCCs), the Independent Office for Police Conduct oregon His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.

It is the latest successful a immense database of misconduct cases and transgression prosecutions of serving and erstwhile Met Police officers successful respect of intersexual crimes and gross misconduct.

Cases person ranged from serial rapists to officers behaving inappropriately towards younger pistillate colleagues.

It is portion of a large cleanable up of the unit by Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley successful the aftermath of the shocking March 2021 kidnap, rape and execution of Sarah Everard by serving serviceman Wayne Couzens.

He was jailed to a full beingness word aft admitting the offences aboriginal the aforesaid year.