Met Police Officer sacked for touching Female colleagues’ Waists, Hips, Feet

By Kazeem Ugbodaga

A Metropolitan Police officer has been dismissed from the force after a gross misconduct hearing found that he repeatedly engaged in inappropriate physical contact and sexualised behaviour while on duty.

The hearing, which concluded on Friday, 30 January 2026, found that PC Jayson Lynch, formerly attached to the Metropolitan Police Service South West Command Unit, inappropriately touched six female police officers between October 2023 and May 2024.

According to the findings, Lynch touched the officers over their clothing, including their waists, hips, arms and feet, and made an inappropriate sexual comment to one of them during the period. The misconduct panel also found that he told inappropriate sexual jokes to a vulnerable girl while she was under police guard at a hospital on 1 July 2023.

The panel ruled that Lynch’s actions breached the police standards of professional behaviour relating to discreditable conduct, and that the seriousness of the offences amounted to gross misconduct, justifying his immediate dismissal.

Reacting to the outcome, Chief Superintendent Dan Knowles, responsible for policing the South West Command Unit, said Lynch’s behaviour fell “well short” of the standards expected of a serving officer.

“There is no place for inappropriate behaviour in policing or in any workplace,” Knowles said.

“We will not tolerate such behaviour and will continue to drive up standards across the Met, removing officers who have no place in our organisation,” he added.

In addition to his dismissal, the Met said Lynch will be placed on the barred list held by the College of Policing, effectively banning him from future employment with police forces, local policing bodies, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, or His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.