Nearly £500k paid to suspended and sacked cops in Met Police unit where Wayne Couzens worked

NEARLY half-a-million pounds has been paid to suspended and sacked cops successful the shamed Met Police portion wherever monsters Wayne Couzens and David Carrick worked.

Twelve officers person been suspended and 11 sacked from the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command since January 2020.

They got a ­combined £462,355.84 successful ­salary but thing was reclaimed aft immoderate dismissals.

Stats released nether Freedom of Information amusement the astir costly twelvemonth was 2023/2024, erstwhile £185,352.83 was paid out.

William Yarwood, of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “Taxpayers volition beryllium shocked to spot sacked and suspended police inactive receiving their salaries.

“As these costs proceed to rise, much wealth volition beryllium taken distant from budgets for frontline constabulary officers to combat crime.

“The authorities needs to clamp down connected this loophole.”

Sex beast Couzens got whole-life jailhouse for kidnap, rape and murder.

Carrick, who was reported to constabulary a time aft Couzens was sentenced successful October that year, was besides jailed for beingness aft admitting 28 rapes betwixt 2002 and 2021.

A Met spokesperson said: “Securing and maintaining the spot of the assemblage is integral to the rule of policing by consent and to proceed to bash so, the MPS recognises that its unit indispensable enactment with professionalism and integrity.

“The MPS treats each juncture erstwhile an allegation is made astir the behaviour of its unit highly earnestly and volition afloat analyse each incidental to find whether the behaviour of that subordinate of unit has breached the standards of nonrecreational behaviour.

“Where the behaviour of unit is proven to person fallen beneath the standards of behaviour expected, the MPS volition instrumentality robust enactment to guarantee that its unit are held to relationship and that lessons are learnt from each case.”