PA MediaA Metropolitan Police officer has pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office after stealing money from a man who died after collapsing on the street.
Craig Carter, 51, from Harlow in Essex, took about £115 during the incident in Hornsey in September 2022.
He appeared at Wood Green Crown Court where Judge Daniel Fugallo told him to expect a custodial sentence.
Carter was granted bail and is due to be sentenced at the same court in September.
The judge ordered a pre-sentence report and added: “Neither the ordering of the report nor the fact that I am granting you bail should be taken as any indication to the type of sentence you will receive.”
Carter, a police constable, who works for the Met’s North Area Command Unit which covers Enfield and Haringey, is suspended from duty.
In a statement, the Met said: “It is clear from today’s guilty plea that PC Carter knows what he did was wrong and falls well below what any of us would expect from a police officer. The evidence against him could not be denied.
“In September 2022, PC Carter was responsible for looking after a man who had sadly died in the street, as well as taking responsibility for his personal possessions.
“A family, struggling to come to terms with the death of a loved one, should not be put in a position where they have to make a complaint against an officer, suspecting that they have taken money.
“The Met is not an organisation that will tolerate such behaviour.”
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