DI Taylor Flanagan-Clark, 32, is accused of remotely wiping a mobile phone seized by colleagues, an act alleged to constitute perverting the course of justice. The mobile is linked to a separate criminal inquiry being handled by the force's Anti-Corruption Command under the oversight of the Independent Office for Police Conduct. Flanagan-Clark appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court and was reported to be upset in the dock. His defence denies he wiped the device. The officer, described as a father of two and formerly unblemished, has been suspended and remanded to Southwark Crown Court on September 19.
A Metropolitan Police officer said to be the youngest detective inspector in the country has appeared in court accused of destroying evidence. DI Taylor Flanagan-Clark, 32, is alleged to have remotely wiped a mobile phone that had been seized by colleagues. The device is linked to a separate criminal case being probed by the force's Anti-Corruption Command under the direction of the Independent Office for Police Conduct, Scotland Yard said.
Flanagan-Clark, attached to the North West local investigations team, appeared upset and wiped his eyes in the dock at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday. He appeared charged with a single count of perverting the course of justice. Prosecutor Rhianne Neil alleged the defendant, of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, remotely wiped a mobile phone that had been seized by police for examination and in doing so destroyed evidence.
Sam Haldane, defending, told the court that his client claims he did not wipe the device. The barrister described Flanagan-Clark, a father of two, as a distinguished officer of previous unblemished record and as I understand it the youngest detective inspector within the country. He added that the defendant has worked in policing across Westminster, Kensington, Hammersmith and Fulham, Barnet, Harrow and Hackney.
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