London Mayor will not investigate Cressida Dick over alleged obstruction of documents

Cressida Dick will not be formally investigated after reportedly obstructing a corruption inquiry.

Dick, the Metropolitan police commissioner, faced backlash in June after a government-appointed panel looking into the murder of private detective Daniel Morgan in 1987, whose killers were protected by corrupt officers, concluded that the Met was “institutionally corrupt”, and accused her of obstructing access to vital documents.

The London mayor’s office for policing and crime (Mopac), that oversees the city’s police force, has spent four months considering whether to refer Dick for formal investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

Dick’s contract was recently extended by two years.

She faced criticism for refusing to resign last month, after a then-serving Met Police officer was found guilty of the kidnap, assault and murder of Sarah Everard, after pretending to arrest her.

The officer had a history of red flags, including being nicknamed “the rapist” by Met colleagues, and recorded incidents of indecent exposure.

The IOPC continues to gather evidence, and may order that Dick’s case still be sent to it.