[Cherie]

thvictim of crime who was sexually harassed by a senior detective is taking legal action against the Metropolitan Police for “enabling and normalising” misogyny after he kept his job.
Kristina O’Connor, now 33, called 101 after being attacked by a group of men who tried to steal her phone. When she was interviewed about the mugging by Detective Chief Inspector James Mason, who later became a right-hand man to Cressida Dick, the Met commissioner, he instead turned the conversation towards her love life and asked her out for dinner.
In emails sent from his official account, Mason, 43, then a detective sergeant, told her he was as “determined in my pursuit of criminals as I am of beautiful women”. Describing her as “amazingly hot”, he said that rejection of an officer’s advances was “frowned upon”.
Although the events happened in 2011, O’Connor said it had taken “strength and courage” to confront what had happened and report him. “By speaking out now I want to encourage more women to come forward about their negative experiences with the police. It’s difficult and takes courage, I know, but if enough women speak out, the Met won’t be able to dismiss them as ‘one-offs’,” O’Connor said.
After her complaint, Mason, who received a commendation for resilience and professionalism in his handling of the response to the Westminster Bridge terrorist attack, was found guilty at a hearing last year of gross misconduct that was sexually motivated. He kept his job and rank and still serves in the Met.
O’Connor has filed a judicial review against the Met and the head of the police conduct panel, saying that they failed to deal with her complaint appropriately. Her lawyers argue that the misconduct investigation was flawed and the terms of reference meant that Mason’s “discriminatory and predatory” behaviour was not adequately addressed.
The musician, who lives in London and is the daughter of Des O’Connor, the late television presenter and comedian, said: “The first step would be the Met acknowledging there’s a culture of misogyny. Even in the tiny minority of cases like mine, where the perpetrator is brought before a panel, charged and finally convicted of misconduct, my experience tells me that they are still protected, their jobs considered more important than my safety and my faith in the police. If what I have seen is the process by which the Met is held to account ... it is woefully inadequate, and something needs to change


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[Cherie]

In emails sent from his official account, Mason, 43, then a detective sergeant, told her he was as “determined in my pursuit of criminals as I am of beautiful women”. Describing her as “amazingly hot”, he said that rejection of an officer’s advances was “frowned upon”.


And he still has a job

[arista]

"the daughter of Des O’Connor,"


Yes that Copper did not care about her trouble
he just wanted to give her one


He needs to be Sacked

[rusticgal]

Appalling....thats all I can say. Found guilty but the woman never got the justice she deserved.

[bots]

the police force is full of very questionable people. It wont change until they actually start taking action against them

[Zizu]

Maybe not MET related but ...

An extremely dangerous sex attacker serving life for an horrendous attack on a poor woman in her own house .. has escaped from an open prison this morning !!!


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[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the police force is full of very questionable people. It wont change until they actually start taking action against them

It must be terrifying to do that though

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Cherie

In emails sent from his official account, Mason, 43, then a detective sergeant, told her he was as “determined in my pursuit of criminals as I am of beautiful women”. Describing her as “amazingly hot”, he said that rejection of an officer’s advances was “frowned upon”.


And he still has a job

I don't think it will ever change.

And whether Cressida Dick was useless or not ,it still would have been a losing battle.

2022 , yet we've gone backwards in time . The police force is dominated with sleazy bent cops.

[Oliver_W]

What, something under the charge of Cressida Dick and Sadiq Kahn is a shambles?! Whoda thunk!!

[Kizzy]

Policing under the tories ...always more about social control than protection.