Senior Met officer attacks Sadiq Khan over Cressida Dick exit

Sir Stephen House, the force's deputy commissioner, claims due process not followed by London mayor

Scotland Yard's leadership has hit back at Sadiq Khan's ousting of the commissioner of the Metropolitan police, Cressida Dick, claiming due process" was not followed by the mayor of London and calling on the home secretary, Priti Patel, to review her alleged unfair treatment.

Sir Stephen House, the Met deputy commissioner and a close ally of Dick, made the comments against Khan, who publicly clashed with Dick earlier this month.