Cop nicked 83k from Heathrow passengers

A detective sergeant who stole more than £83,000 in cash seized from passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport is facing jail. Michael Harrington, 46, a serving financial investigator in the Met’s Economic Crime Unit (ECU), stole cash taken from 16 passengers in a five-year crime spree. The detective sergeant was suspended by the Metropolitan Police Service in July last year when the allegations came to light. Today (Tues) Harrington appeared at Southwark Crown Court for what was to be the first…