Met police chief fired for bullying

A MET police commander who bullied staff and made bogus expenses claims has been sacked for gross misconduct.

Chief Superintendent Paul Martin, pictured, was accused of presiding over a ‘boys club’. He was said to have claimed more than £5,500 in expenses using the corporate credit card of a junior officer, which was blown on booze and flight upgrades on a weeklong policing trip to Florida.

Mr Martin also allegedly belittled female officers, calling one pregnant colleague a ‘f***ing nutter’.

A police misconduct hearing was told Mr Martin, a borough commander in west London, liked to ‘bellow’ at another female colleague, saying she should make his tea and porridge. Two other officers were found to have committed misconduct yesterday. Scotland Yard said: ‘The behaviour demonstrated by these officers has no place in the Met.’