The Chief Superintendent for the West Area Borough Command Unit and another senior Met officer have been sacked for mistreating staff and financial irregularities.

Following a misconduct hearing, which concluded today, Chief Superintendent Paul Martin and Chief Inspector Kandohla were dismissed after an investigation by the Met's Directorate of Professional Standards.

Chief Superintendent Paul Martin was appointed chief of the West Area Borough Command Unit (WABCU) in 2018, which covers Ealing, Hounslow and Hillingdon.

He was found to have misused a corporate credit card, behaved badly towards more junior members of staff, including a pregnant colleague, and failing to declare a conflict of interest while assisting in a promotion process for Chief Inspector Davinder Kandohla.

Chief Inspector Kandohla was also found to have breached Standards of Professional Behaviour by failing to declare a conflict of interest while taking part in his own promotion process.

He was also found to have provided a misleading account to professional standards officers during an investigation into expenses he had claimed, as well as misconduct towards junior members of staff.

Both were dismissed without notice.

The hearing also considered allegations against two other officers.

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Sergeant James Di-Luzio was found to have misused a corporate credit card and misconduct towards more junior members of staff, he was issued with management advice.

All allegations against PC Karina Kandohla were not proven.

At the time of the allegations, PC Kandohla was attached to Met Operations and the three other officers were attached to Frontline Policing.

The breaches all occurred between 2017 and 2019.

Commander Catherine Roper said: "The behaviour demonstrated by these officers has no place in the Met. It is right they have been subject to a detailed and thorough investigation by the DPS, resulting in a misconduct hearing and the subsequent sanctions.

"Three of the officers were of a leadership rank and should have been setting a strong example for the standards we hold in the Met.

"Instead they abused their trusted positions; in particular in the way they spoke to and treated more junior members of staff was appalling.

"This behaviour will not be tolerated by anyone in the Met and we will continue to investigate and hold to account those who act in this manner."