A serving officer has been dismissed without notice after being convicted of harassing a woman.
Trainee Detective Constable Christopher Gibbons, aged 32, who was attached to the Met’s Central West Command, was found guilty of harassment following the conclusion of a trial at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 13 July.
He appeared at the same court on Thursday, 10 August where he was sentenced to ten weeks in custody, suspended for two years. He was issued a Rehabilitation Activity Requirement and ordered to pay the victim £500 compensation. He was also handed a restraining order preventing him from contacting the victim.
On 12 October 2023 an accelerated misconduct hearing found allegations that DC Gibbons behaviour had breached the standards of professional behaviour in relation to discreditable conduct proven and he was dismissed without notice.
Chief Superintendent Louise Puddefoot, in charge of policing in Central West BCU, said: “We have been clear that any police officer or member of staff who commits a criminal offence will be brought to justice.
“To give London the Met that it deserves, any officer who acts in this manner simply has no place in our organisation.”
Former PC Gibbons will now be added to the Barred List held by the College of Policing.
Those appearing on the list cannot be employed by police, local policing bodies (PCCs), the Independent Office for Police Conduct or Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.
