A Metropolitan Police officer who stalked a lady he met whereas on responsibility has been sacked.

PC Jonathan Simon was given a 16-week suspended jail sentence in April however has now been dismissed from the pressure after his behaviour was classed as gross misconduct.

Sentencing him at Westminster Magistrates' Court earlier within the yr, district decide Daniel Sternberg mentioned he had introduced the Met into disrepute.

The listening to was instructed how PC Simon started courting his sufferer after assembly her on responsibility in May 2021 whereas connected to the pressure's east space command.

When the lady ended the connection, the previous officer continued to textual content, name and go to her - generally when he was on responsibility.

He then stalked her between October 2021 and July 2022.

This included going to her dwelling and office unannounced - on one event on the false premise her window was unsecured.

He continued to contact her regardless of her telling him she now not wished to see him.

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A doc from the misconduct listening to, signed by assistant commissioner Barbara Gray, reads: "The public could not have confidence in PC Simon after he has shown himself capable of behaving in such a way.

"I do know the general public wouldn't trust within the MPS if we appeared to not take a legal conviction arising from such behaviour severely."

The document said this is "very true within the context of the grave and present public concern about cops as perpetrators of violence in opposition to ladies and ladies".