Volunteer Met officer ‘sought to intimidate Al Jazeera journalists’

Scotland Yard investigating off-duty officer’s apparent involvement in altercation with journalists covering arson attack in Golders Green A volunteer police officer is being investigated over claims he sought to intimidate Al Jazeera journalists who were covering a suspected antisemitic hate crime in north-west London on Monday, Scotland Yard has said.…

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• Scotland Yard investigating off-duty officer’s apparent involvement in altercation with journalists covering arson attack in Golders Green A volunteer police officer is being investigated over…
• David Soffer, who was off-duty at the time of his alleged involvement, has been referred to the Met’s department of professional standards over his apparent involvement in the altercation between…
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• David Soffer, who was off-duty at the time of his alleged involvement, has been referred to the Met’s department of professional standards over his apparent involvement in the altercation between…
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• Scotland Yard investigating off-duty officer’s apparent involvement in altercation with journalists covering arson attack in Golders Green A volunteer police officer is being investigated over…
• David Soffer, who was off-duty at the time of his alleged involvement, has been referred to the Met’s department of professional standards over his apparent involvement in the altercation between…