Fury as Streatham terror police face conduct probe
POLICE have reacted with fury after two officers who risked their lives in the Streatham terror attack were told their conduct was being investigated.
The pair were part of an emergency response team when extremist Sudesh Amman stabbed two bystanders on February 2.
Yesterday, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) sparked anger among rank-and-file officers after it announced the duo were now under investigation.
Neither was involved in the fatal shooting of the 20-year-old.
Ken Marsh, from the Metropolitan Police Federation, said: “What kind of message does this send? These officers and their colleagues put their lives on the line that day to protect the public. Now potentially their careers are on the line. It’s absurd.”
The probe by the IOPC centres around alleged dangerous driving and misconduct.
One of the officers was driving an undercover police car towards the terror attack when it crashed into two other vehicles, leaving two people injured. The other officer driving a marked armed response vehicle was not involved in the crash.
An IOPC spokesman said: “Misconduct notices do not imply guilt and a criminal investigation does not mean criminal charges necessarily follow. Such notices are not judgmental in any way.”
A DYING pensioner is desperately trying to trace the ex-girlfriend he last saw in 1973 – so he can leave her his life savings.
Sid Johnson, 73, a former deep sea diver from Norfolk, has asbestosis and arthritis and said his days are numbered. He wants Lilias Morgan to be his sole heir and has hired private detectives to look for news of her in her home city of Aberdeen in a bid to track her down.
Sid first met Lilias – maiden name Knox – in the late 1960s when she was on holiday Norfolk.
They hit it off and stayed in touch via letter. Lilias and Sid also went on trips together in England.
Sadly, the pair’s long-distance relationship eventually ended and Lilias went on to marry a man called David Morgan. Sid said: “I’ve got money in my bank that I don’t want to donate to the cats’ home.
“I’d rather it gets donated to someone else.”
When Lilias married David, he remained friends with the pair, who often visited him in Norfolk.
Sid said: “My sole purpose is that my days are numbered. I live on my own in Norfolk but I want to find this little lass and David, her husband.
“Lilias used to come down and stay with me at my parents and we went on trips to Cambridge and the likes. When she got married, there was no animosity between us.
“What I would like, if they are still alive, is to meet them again.
“This is my holy grail. I’ve got to try to find her.”