Sir Mark Rowley has acknowledged that the Metropolitan Police made a mistake after the force investigated a reporter who was looking into claims connected to Jason Arday.
The case relates to a row involving the Cambridge professor and allegations of plagiarism. According to the supplied material, the police inquiry focused on a reporter who had been examining those claims.
Sir Mark, described as the Met Police boss, said the force had “dropped the ball” in its handling of the matter. His remarks amount to an admission that the police response was flawed.
The source material does not provide further detail on the nature of the investigation into the reporter, the specific claims involving Professor Arday, or the circumstances in which the Met became involved.
The latest known position is that Sir Mark has publicly accepted that the force made an error in relation to its handling of the case.
