Met Police officer stalked woman while he was on duty and bombarded her with texts | The Sun
A MET officer has been sacked after stalking a woman while he was on duty and bombarding her with texts.
Police Constable Jonathan Simon would show up unannounced at the woman's home and work, while bombing her phone with unwanted messages and calls.
The horror lasted nine months.
The Westminster Magistrates' Court heard how Simon met the woman while he was on duty in 2021.
The pair started dating, but the woman eventually called things off.
It was then that Simon, who was in the Met's east area command unit, started turning up at the woman's home and work – sometimes while he was on duty.
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When the woman said she did not want to see him anymore, Simon slammed her phone with messages and voicemails.
He even stooped as low as telling the woman her window was unsecured in an attempt to see her.
The disgraced cop's stalking ran from October 2021 until July last year.
At a misconduct hearing in recent weeks Simon was given a suspended jail sentence of 16 weeks after being dismissed from work without notice.
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It was found his behavior amounted to gross misconduct.
In his sentencing remarks, district judge Daniel Sternberg said Simon's behaviour had brought the Met Police into disrepute.
A misconduct hearing document, signed by the Met's Assistant Commissioner Barbara Gray, said: "The public could not have confidence in Pc Simon after he has shown himself capable of behaving in such a way.
"I know the public would not have confidence in the MPS if we appeared not to take a criminal conviction arising from such behaviour seriously."
The document said this is "especially true in the context of the grave and current public concern about police officers as perpetrators of violence against women and girls".
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