Met investigates racist graffiti found in staff area at its own police station

Graffiti was found in area accessible only to officers and staff at Charing Cross police station in late August

The Metropolitan police have launched a criminal investigation into one of their own police stations after racist graffiti was found daubed on a wall to which only officers and staff have access.

Graffiti containing the N-word is alleged to have been found written on a toilet wall at Charing Cross police station in central London. It was spotted and reported by an officer on 29 August, just after Notting Hill carnival.