Exclusive: documents show tense exchanges between senior aide and London mayor’s office over ousting
Cressida Dick pictured in March 2022. The commissioner was ousted by Sadiq Khan over a series of scandals during her tenure.Cressida Dick pictured in March 2022. The commissioner was ousted by Sadiq Khan over a series of scandals during her tenure.Last modified on Sun 29 Jan 2023 21.16 GMT
On 10 February 2022, the day Dick announced her departure, Robin Wilkinson – the Met’s former chief of corporate services – was messaging and emailing Khan’s top officials as the commissioner battled to save her job. Dick was the highest-ranking police officer in the Met between 2017 and 2022, including at the time of the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer in the force in March 2021.
Documents released to the Guardian under freedom of information laws show the events leading up to Dick’s resignation. In a report of events by Wilkinson, he rejects a six-month voluntary payout worth £120,000 in a text exchange with Bellamy.
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