Fourth Charing Cross Met Police officer fired after BBC Panorama film

"In the undercover footage, played to the panel, Mr Sinclair-Birt was seen describing the arrest saying he "whacked....the back of his legs trying to get him to drop to the floor". He went on to say, "there's definitely a little bit of red mist there". The officer was seen smiling during the incident, which the Met said indicated a "troubling lack of remorse or concern for a member of the public"."

"Mr Sinclair-Birt denied the allegation against him, but accepted he made the comments which appeared in the programme. In his statement, he said the comments made to the undercover reporter were "empty words and not a true account of the underlying incident". He said he was "embellishing the account of an actual stop and search and he was doing so for comedic effect"."

"A fourth Metropolitan Police officer has been fired for gross misconduct following a BBC Panorama investigation. PC Jason Sinclair-Birt was secretly filmed "boasting about and revelling in the use of force" on a detainee. He was dismissed without notice, after the hearing found he had given a "false account" of the incident to the undercover reporter for "comedic effect". On Thursday, three other Met Police officers were dismissed after accelerated misconduct hearings following the investigation."

A fourth Metropolitan Police officer, PC Jason Sinclair-Birt, was dismissed without notice for gross misconduct after being secretly filmed boasting about and revelling in the use of force on a detainee. The undercover footage captured him describing striking the back of a detainee's legs to force him down and saying there was "a little bit of red mist", while smiling. The hearing found his conduct breached the Met's standards of professional behaviour and amounted to gross misconduct. Mr Sinclair-Birt denied the allegation but accepted making the comments, claiming he embellished them for comedic effect. Body-worn footage from July 2022 showed he did not use his baton. Three other Met officers were also dismissed following accelerated misconduct hearings.

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