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Eleventh Met officer sacked after BBC Panorama film

Olivia Ireland
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Eleven Charing Cross police station officers have now been dismissed in the wake of the Panorama investigation

An eleventh Met officer at Charing Cross police station has been dismissed after suggesting "he was looking forward to using force on members of the public" following a BBC investigation.

PC Richard Marus also "boasted about driving a police vehicle in an appropriate manner" and made "dismissive comments about people reporting phone crime", a misconduct hearing found.

PC Marus' actions were caught on camera by the BBC Panorama investigation Undercover in the Police.

While PC Marus was not featured in the broadcast, unaired footage was shared with the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

PC Marus's hearing was held on Tuesday. He was found to have breached standards of professional behaviour in relation to authority, respect and courtesy, and discreditable conduct.

Commander Simon Messinger from the Met Police said they continued "to support the ongoing IOPC investigation".

"The scale and speed in which we have dealt with this issue demonstrates our commitment to raising standards and addressing cultural issues in the Met," he said.

October's Panorama programme showed officers calling for immigrants to be shot, revelling in the use of force, and being dismissive of rape claims.

Previous dismissals arising from the same programme were PCs Kheava Gould-Ryan and Fernando Santos Dos Santos. Neither appeared in the programme but unaired footage was shared with the IOPC revealing their behaviour.

A hearing found Gould-Ryan made comments trivialising the use of force on detainees and condoned unreasonable force.

Dos Santos was found to have made derogatory comments about a victim he had dealt with and about members of the public experiencing a mental health crisis.

Last year, Sgt Lawrence Hume, who said a detainee "deserves to be beaten up". He was sacked in November 2025.

PC Marus is now the eleventh to be dismissed, as the Met said he would be added to the College of Policing's barred list to prevent him re-joining policing or working for a number of other police-related bodies.