Met officer accused of rape continues to serve while facing misconduct case

Criminal investigation was dropped after two years and officer was never arrested

A Metropolitan police officer accused of raping two colleagues continues to serve on the force despite being subject to a misconduct inquiry, it has emerged.

The accused man remained in post during a two-year criminal investigation into the allegations, which were first made in 2017, and he is now facing an internal inquiry over potential breaches of professional standards, the BBC and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism found. He has never been arrested or charged.