Met chief Cressida Dick planned to send all-female team to police Sarah Everard vigil

Met chief Cressida Dick planned to send all-female team to police Sarah Everard vigil… but abandoned the idea because it was ‘hugely divisive’ among her colleagues Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said she had considered an all-female squad to police the Sarah Everard vigil Everard was allegedly kidnapped and killed by a serving Met officer in … Read more

Cressida Dick insists Kate Middleton did not break the law by going to Sarah Everard vigil

The Duchess of Cambridge did not break the law by attending the vigil for Sarah Everard because ‘she was working’, Dame Cressida Dick said today, as she slammed politicians including Sadiq Khan who criticised her officers for arresting protesters. The Met Commissioner also revealed that she knew in advance that Kate was heading to Clapham Common to lay … Read more

Cressida Dick insists Kate Middleton did not break the law by going to Sarah Everard vigil

The Duchess of Cambridge did not break the law by attending the vigil for Sarah Everard because ‘she was working’, Dame Cressida Dick said today, as she slammed politicians including Sadiq Khan who criticised her officers for arresting protesters. The Met Commissioner also revealed that she knew in advance that Kate was heading to Clapham Common to lay … Read more

Cressida Dick is ‘unlikely’ to be given another term as Met chief

Cressida Dick is ‘unlikely’ to be given another term as Met chief amid continued anger at the policing of the Sarah Everard vigil – with Priti Patel and Sadiq Khan among critics Priti Patel is not expected to extend contract at Scotland Yard when it expires Britain’s most senior officer has been put on notice … Read more

Cressida Dick is ‘unlikely’ to be given another term as Met chief

Cressida Dick is ‘unlikely’ to be given another term as Met chief amid continued anger at the policing of the Sarah Everard vigil – with Priti Patel and Sadiq Khan among critics Priti Patel is not expected to extend contract at Scotland Yard when it expires Britain’s most senior officer has been put on notice … Read more

Cressida Dick must resign, says Jean Charles De Menezes’s cousin

The family of Jean Charles De Menezes has called for Scotland Yard chief Cressida Dick to resign over her officers’ use of ‘excessive force’ at Sarah Everard’s vigil. Vivian Meneses Figueiredo said she was appalled at the sight of officers arresting women at a candlelit vigil in memory of the 33-year-old marketing executive. Miss Figueiredo’s … Read more

‘Shame on you!’: Calls mount for Met police chief Cressida Dick to RESIGN

Calls for Cressida Dick to resign have been growing after police manhandled screaming women in extraordinary clashes with demonstrators at a vigil to mourn the death of Sarah Everard. A crowd of around 1,500 people gathered at Clapham Common in south London to remember the 33-year-old marketing executive, but scuffles broke out as police surrounded a … Read more

‘Shame on you!’: Calls mount for Met police chief Cressida Dick to RESIGN

Calls for Cressida Dick to resign have been growing after police manhandled screaming women in extraordinary clashes with demonstrators at a vigil to mourn the death of Sarah Everard. A crowd of around 1,500 people gathered at Clapham Common in south London to remember the 33-year-old marketing executive, but scuffles broke out as police surrounded a … Read more

Covid UK: Met Police chief Cressida Dick says it is ‘preposterous’ people could not be aware of laws

Britain’s most senior police officer said it is ‘preposterous’ that people could be unaware of the need to follow the third national lockdown and warned that rule-breakers will be fined. Met Police chief Dame Cressida Dick said people are still holding house parties, meeting in basements to gamble, and attending unlicensed raves despite rising numbers … Read more

Covid UK: Met Police chief Cressida Dick says it is ‘preposterous’ people could not be aware of laws

Britain’s most senior police officer said it is ‘preposterous’ that people could be unaware of the need to follow the third national lockdown and warned that rule-breakers will be fined. Met Police chief Dame Cressida Dick said people are still holding house parties, meeting in basements to gamble, and attending unlicensed raves despite rising numbers … Read more