‘Repugnant’: Serving Met Police detective who sexually harassed junior female colleague on night shift sacked

A serving Met Police detective has been sacked over his “repugnant” sexual harassment of a junior female colleague.

Detective sergeant Marvin Turner, from Barking and Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering police, was dismissed without notice after a misconduct hearing into sexual harassment.

He was found to have breached professional standards of behaviour, and a senior officer described his actions as “reprehensible”.

In June 2021 a female officer said DS Turner made sexualised and sexually harassing comments to her and touched her in a sexual manner without her consent on a night shift.

Superintendent Martin Rolston, from the East Area Command Unit, said: “It is clear DS Marvin Turner has no place in policing. His actions are thoroughly reprehensible.”

He added: “He took advantage of his position as a supervising officer to put a junior colleague in a very unpleasant situation.

“His behaviour was repugnant and falls well below the standard we and the public expect.

“It is right that he has been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police Service.”

Turner was found to have breached standards related to discreditable conduct and authority, and respect and courtesy.

He was placed on restricted duties on July 2,and gave an account under caution on July 22.

The Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards (DPS) investigated and submitted a report to senior officers - who found Turner had a case to answer for gross misconduct.

After hearing evidence a misconduct panel, led by an independent legally qualified chair, found Turner should be dismissed without notice.

He will be on the College of Policing’s barred list of individuals who cannot work for police forces or police and crime commissioners.

And he is also banned from employment at the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) or His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS).

A criminal investigation also took place, but the case did not meet the threshold for a referral to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).