Met officers whose stop and search left man traumatised guilty of misconduct

PC Martin Binala dismissed after dishonestly claiming to have smelled cannabis before dragging Karo Grigoryan out of his car

Two Metropolitan police officers have been found guilty of misconduct after a botched stop and search operation resulted in an innocent man being taken to hospital to receive treatment for his injuries.

PC Martin Binala was ruled to have been dishonest when he recorded in his police report that he smelled cannabis coming from inside Karo Grigoryan’s car. He was found guilty of gross misconduct and was dismissed. His colleague PC Stuart Dunne was found guilty of misconduct and given a written warning.