Ex-cop: I was burgled by Met officers – as payback for sex bias complaint

A SENIOR Met officer last night claimed two junior colleagues were among four men who burgled her home as ‘punishment’ for making a sex discrimination complaint.

Retired inspector Caroline Mitchell says she was assaulted after being woken by the intruders rifling through her spare bedroom. All four disguised their appearance with bandanas, hoodies and baseball caps but she claims she recognised two as fellow Met officers.

Ms Mitchell has spoken out for the first time about her case. The 55-year-old has also accused the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) of allowing fears of reputational damage to get in the way of an investigation.

She told The Mail on Sunday: ‘I desperately hoped I was wrong about police being involved.

‘It sounds unthinkable – and it was to me at first – but some police can be bloody nasty. There was no interest, no drive from the DPS to get to the truth.’

She retired in 2019 but has pursued the case ever since. During her career she worked on the Met’s Roads and Transport Policing Command, ending up in charge of more than 100 people – with only one female PC among them. She raised concerns about gender balance and submitted a sex discrimination complaint. She believes the burglary in January 2018 was ‘payback’ for making the complaint.

The Met said last night in the case of the grievance brought in 2017, ‘no evidence of sexual discrimination was found’, and that regarding the burglary, ‘there was no direct evidence of police officers being responsible for this offence’.