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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Met officer who 'wrapped his arms around' female colleague guilty of misconduct

A Metropolitan Police officer has been found guilty of misconduct after making “inappropriate” comments to female colleagues, and acting inappropriately to the public.

Former PC Liam Williams, who worked for the Met in south west London, resigned from the force on March 18.

A gross misconduct has since heard that between June and October 2021, while he was a serving officer, he made “a number of inappropriate comments to female colleagues”.

The Met said this included “wrapping his arms around one of them and lifting her from her seat without consent”.

“It was also found that he had acted in an inappropriate manner towards the public, by shouting with the intention of shocking or frightening them,” it added.

The hearing, which ended on hearing that ended on Tuesday, found Williams breached the Met’s Standards of Professional Behaviour, in respect of Discreditable Conduct, Equality and Diversity, and Authority, Respect and Courtesy.

Scotland Yard said that had Williams not resigned, he would have been dismissed from the force following the finding.

He will now be added to the College of Policing’s ‘barred’ list.

Those appearing on the list cannot be employed by police, local policing bodies, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, or His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.

Chief Superintendent Steve Lemon in charge of policing in south west BCU, which covers Richmond, Wandsworth, Merton, and Kingston, said: “We demand the highest standards from officers within the Met and we have been clear about this. We must maintain these standards in order to increase the trust that our communities have in us.

“Former PC Williams’ behaviour has fallen far below the standards and had he still been a serving officer, he would have been dismissed.”

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