A Metropolitan Police officer has pleaded responsible to misconduct in public workplace after stealing cash from a person who died after collapsing on the road.
Craig Carter, 51, from Harlow in Essex, took about £115 in the course of the incident in Hornsey in September 2022.
He appeared at Wooden Inexperienced Crown Court docket the place Decide Daniel Fugallo advised him to count on a custodial sentence.
Carter was granted bail and is because of be sentenced on the identical courtroom in September.
The decide ordered a pre-sentence report and added: “Neither the ordering of the report nor the truth that I’m granting you bail needs to be taken as any indication to the kind of sentence you’ll obtain.”
Carter, a police constable, who works for the Met’s North Space Command Unit which covers Enfield and Haringey, is suspended from obligation.
In an announcement, the Met mentioned: “It’s clear from right now’s responsible plea that PC Carter is aware of what he did was unsuitable and falls nicely under what any of us would count on from a police officer. The proof towards him couldn’t be denied.
“In September 2022, PC Carter was answerable for taking care of a person who had sadly died on the street, in addition to taking accountability for his private possessions.
“A household, struggling to return to phrases with the loss of life of a beloved one, shouldn’t be put ready the place they need to make a grievance towards an officer, suspecting that they’ve taken cash.
“The Met shouldn’t be an organisation that may tolerate such behaviour.”