PC caught in sex act on train is still in the Met police
A POLICEMAN who performed a drunken sex act on a train is still on the Met force, it has been revealed.
Bosses at Scotland Yard last night ordered a investigation into PC Terry Malka and said he would be sacked if it happened today.
The constable, now 33, was caught by train staff covering his genitals with a headrest cover during the lewd act.
The judge in the case said the chances of him keeping his job were ‘close to zero’ after he admitted outraging public decency in 2018. But he escaped with a final written warning and kept his job after claiming he had a sleep disorder, was working long hours and suffered from priapism, causing persistent and painful erections.
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley admitted last year that hundreds of officers are ‘criminals in uniform’ but the force could not sack those spared by misconduct panels. And yesterday the Met commander in charge of professional standards said the force had not always been ‘tough enough’.
Commander Jon Savell added: ‘We would not expect this to be the outcome if a similar case was considered today.’
Lewes Crown Court heard in 2018 that PC Malka had been drinking and fell asleep in a train toilet, missing his stop going home to East Grinstead in West Sussex.
He was later seen masturbating in a firstclass carriage, ‘slouched in the chair with his legs open with a head cover from a seat in his hand’.
When asked for his ticket, he just waved his Met warrant card and ‘appeared to be masturbating again’, said prosecutor Edward Hand. He was sentenced to 100 hours of community work then allowed
‘He should have been sacked’
to carry on working for the police in an office-based role by a disciplinary panel.
Yesterday Roy Ramm, a former Met Commander, told LBC: ‘He is precisely the kind of officer who should not have been in the Met. He should have been sacked.’
Commons Home Affairs committee chairman dame diana Johnson said: ‘It just seems incredible that officer is still serving. It should have immediately led to his dismissal.’