Senior Met Police officer denies destroying evidence

A senior Met Police officer has denied destroying evidence by wiping a mobile phone. Det Insp Taylor Flanagan-Clark, 32, is attached to the north-west local investigations team, and is said to be the youngest detective inspector in the country. The father-of-two appeared at Southwark Crown Court wearing a dark blue suit with a blue and purple striped tie, and pleaded not guilty to perverting the course of justice. Flanagan-Clark, of Hemel Hempstead, Herts, was released on bail ahead of his…