Three Metropolitan Police officers have been found guilty of gross misconduct for accessing files relating to the case of Sarah Everard with “no proper policing purpose”, a tribunal has found.
Metropolitan Police constable Myles McHugh has been sacked over the misconduct while the panel also said former Met detective constable Hannah Rebbeck would have been sacked had she not previously resigned.
Sergeant Mark Harper was given a final written warning over the incident, which will last for three years.
In a statement, the Met Police said: “The panel heard that PC McHugh accessed the information while off duty and for a significant period of time, while former DC Hannah Rebbeck was found to have repeatedly accessed sensitive data without any link to her duties.
“These breaches of professional standards were so serious that the only appropriate outcome was dismissal.”
Detective Constable Tyrone Ward, former Inspector Akinwale Ajose-Adeogun and former Detective Sergent Robert Butters also faced the same misconduct hearing but the tribunal ruled they “did have a legitimate reason” for accessing the information and therefore did not breach any policing standards.
