Admit an offence in June. Get sentenced at Christmas

A Met Police officer who engaged in controlling and coercive behaviour with a former girlfriend will face sentence next month for an offence he admitted in June. PC Mathew Cooper, attached to the Central West Command Unit, was training to be a police officer at the time of the offence between 1 June 2019 and 9 December 2020. The 24-year-old was placed on restricted duties after he was arrested at his home. He admitted engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour…