Officer dismissed for assaulting woman

An officer has been dismissed without notice after a misconduct hearing concluded he had assaulted and threatened a woman he knew.

The hearing was held for PC Giovanni Mascia, attached to the East Area Command Unit, over allegations he assaulted and threatened the woman - who was known to him - between August 2022 and November 2022.

The incidents took place while PC Mascia was off duty.

The panel ruled that PC Mascia assaulted the woman on two separate occasions - in October and November 2022 - and that he threatened to kill her in October 2022. The panel also found that, on an unspecified date, PC Mascia threatened to destroy the woman's property if she did not speak to him.

Chief Superintendent Stuart Bell, from the East Area Command Unit, said: "PC Mascia's behaviour was disgraceful, and fell far below the standards expected of Metropolitan Police officers.

"The panel found that it amounted to gross misconduct, and he has been immediately dismissed."

PC Mascia will now be placed on the College of Policing's barred list, banning him from employment with the police, local policing bodies, the Independent Office for Police Conduct or His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.