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Yahoo
10-02-2025
- Yahoo
Met detective who featured in BBC rape documentary found to have abused seven partners
A ex-Met Police detective who appeared in a BBC documentary has been found to have abused and harassed seven of his former partners - including threatening to rape some of them. Former Met Detective Constable David Fall was found by a misconduct panel to have carried out the litany of abuse and harassment between 2014 and 2020 while a member of the force. The panel found that Fall 'poked' a former partner in the stomach whilst pregnant, ripped her hooded top and forcefully removed it and then said words to the effect of he 'could rape her' if he wanted to. It found that he also hit her on the head by throwing his mobile at her and jabbed her back with a fork. In another case, Fall, who previously worked in the Met's Sapphire Unit investigating rapes and serious sexual offences, pushed a sandwich into an ex-partner's face, slapped her or pulled her hair, and threatened to rape her, the panel found. It heard how he harassed two other partners during the course of 2020 after their relationship came to an end, and harassed a third partner in December 2020 by 'taking a photograph of her whilst she was naked without her knowledge.' The panel ruled that Fall 'deliberately and intentionally carried out acts of physical violence' and 'harassment' against former partners, and ruled he should be dismissed without notice. It added: 'The Panel finds that physical harm and/or psychological distress has been caused to the seven victims by reason of the Officer's behaviour. 'This behaviour is a matter of particular concern to the public, the seriousness of which is exacerbated by the context in which it occurred i.e. each time during the course of an intimate relationship and afterwards when it had broken down.' In mitigation, the officer told the panel he had sent a number of messages to a number of the victims because he was new to dating apps and was 'naïve in expecting an explanation after he had been 'ghosted.'' Fall also said he had a number of previous partners who had not made allegations against him, and that he was in a successful long-term relationship. Fall appeared on an episode of the BBC's The Met: Policing London, which aired in May 2017. The episode covered the case of Harjit Singh, who was jailed for six years in 2016 for attempting to rape a 35-year-old woman with Down's Syndrome. Allegations of domestic abuse and harassment against Fall were investigated by Hampshire Constabulary in 2020, but did not lead to any criminal charges, the panel heard.
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Yahoo
Police officer who featured in BBC rape documentary accused of abusing seven ex-partners
Credit: BBC A former Metropolitan Police detective who featured in a BBC documentary about a rape investigation has been accused of abusing seven of his former partners. David Fall, an ex-detective constable, is facing a police misconduct panel over the alleged abuse and harassment of the women between 2014 and 2020. He was previously investigated by Hampshire Constabulary but no charges were brought. The misconduct hearing comes despite his resignation in October. Those who have quit a force can still be added to a police barred list if they are found to have committed an offence. A listing on the Met's website said: 'Former DC David Fall will answer allegations that his conduct amounted to breaches of the standards of professional behaviour, in respect of discreditable conduct. 'It is alleged that between 2014 and 2020, whilst a serving member of the Metropolitan Police Service, former DC Fall engaged in domestic abuse and/or harassment towards seven of his former partners.' He is also alleged to have shown a partner a 'confidential document' related to his work 'without any proper policing purpose'. The listing added: 'The matter and conduct set out above amount to gross misconduct, namely a breach of the standards of professional behaviour that, if proved, are so serious as to justify dismissal.' The hearing is scheduled to begin on Feb 3 and is expected to last six days. Mr Fall had served in the Met's Sapphire Unit, which investigates rapes and serious sexual offences. His handling of information in a particularly disturbing case was featured in a BBC programme called The Met: Policing London, which was broadcast in May 2017. The documentary covered the case of Harjit Singh, who was jailed for six years for attempting to rape a 35-year-old woman with Down's Syndrome. The victim, called Jolene, waived her right to anonymity to highlight how sensitively the investigation had been handled because of her learning disabilities. Singh was arrested after he fell asleep in her bed and she alerted neighbours. In the documentary, Mr Fall is seen talking with the woman after Singh has been jailed, as he reassures her she is safe. 'That's what my job is,' he tells her, 'to make sure we lock up the bad people so that people like you – the good people – can sleep safe and sound in their own houses. 'That's the job that we do – we look after people.' A Met Police spokesman confirmed to the Daily Mail that Mr Fall had appeared in the documentary and added: 'He resigned in October 2024 and was previously attached to Specialist Crime South.' A spokesman for Hampshire Constabulary said: 'We conducted a criminal investigation into the matters laid out in the misconduct notice, and a man was arrested in connection with these. 'A file was sent to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in 2022, which made the decision that no further action would be taken. 'The details were then passed to the Metropolitan Police Service for their conduct investigation.' A CPS spokesman said: 'We reviewed this case carefully, and after considering all the material passed to us by the police, we concluded there was not enough evidence for us to charge the suspect.' The BBC was contacted for comment. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
