Sacking of senior police officer who failed to provide drug test sample overturned

Scotland Yard considers legal challenge after decision, saying commanders are expected to ‘lead by example’

The sacking of a senior police officer who failed to provide a sample for a drugs test when he was accused of smoking cannabis has been overturned.

Former Metropolitan police commander Julian Bennett, who served in the force from 1976, was found to have committed gross misconduct by failing to provide a urine sample for a drugs test on 21 July 2020.