Met Police fired Pc Inga Gherghel without warning following a misdemeanor hearing that ended on June 30, proving that the serious misdemeanor had been proven. It comes after her husband Ioan Gherghel, 36, from Stratford, east London, was sentenced to six years in prison in May 2021 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to acquire criminal property. Ioan Gherghel sentenced to six years in prison (Met Police) (Average PA) He was one of six people – including former Met Police officer Kashif Mahmood – who were convicted after pleading guilty to a number of offenses following a wider Met investigation. The misdemeanor committee, chaired by a legally qualified independent chairman, heard information about the arrest of Pc Gherghel’s husband on 28 April 2020. A search of the couple’s home found an MPS MetVest – body armor – in a closet, but had not been given to Pc Gherghel. A shoe box containing more than £ 10,000 in cash was also discovered in a bedroom closet. The hearing found that Pc Gherghel was aware of these items and “deliberately failed to further investigate the origin or purpose of the items and what she could do in her apartment,” Met said. Commander Marcus Barnett, a police officer in the Middle East Command Unit, said: “It is the duty of every police officer to report crime to the police and Pc Gherghel has turned a blind eye to her husband’s actions. “This was aggravated by the fact that a MetVest that had not been issued to her was found in her house. “As the investigation shows, we are determined to uproot officers who do not show the right qualifications in the Met and we will expel them and fire them from our force.” Pc Gherghel will now be added to the block list held by the College of Policing, a professional police body in England and Wales. Those on the list may not be employed by the police, local police (PCCs), the Independent Police Conduct Office or the Police and Fire and Rescue Inspectorate. The embarrassed former officer Mahmood, from Woodcroft, Harlow, Essex, was 32 years old when he was jailed for eight years in May after admitting to conspiracy to acquire criminal property and misconduct in public office. He used his position in the force to help an organized gang grab money from other criminals, according to the court. He dressed in his uniform and used marked and unmarked police cars to travel to locations where the gang knew “significant amounts of criminal cash” would be exchanged and took them himself while pretending to be on duty, jurors said. The court heard that he was a member of the “highly profitable” company that confiscated at least 850,000 pounds from criminal couriers under the pretext of “exercising his powers legally”. There is no indication that Pc Gherghel committed crimes.
