Ex-Met Police officer jailed for 16 months after stealing from dead man
A former Metropolitan Police officer has been jailed for 16 months after stealing money from a man who had died after collapsing. Craig Carter, 51, of Harlow, Essex, stole around £115 from Italian filmmaker and actor Claudio Gaetani between September 7 and 14 2022.
Carter worked for the Met's North Area Command Unit, which covers Enfield and Haringey, and appeared at Wood Green Crown Court on Friday, September 13, wearing a dark blazer and tie and a white striped shirt.
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Judge Kalyani Kaul KC described Carter's career, and noted that he has raised two daughters, and has a 'strong' marriage with his wife who he cares for.
She then told him: "On the 7th of September, two years ago, you threw all of that away you let down your force, you let down your community."
He admitted misconduct in public office on July 26 this year and the charge stated that 'while acting as a public officer namely as a police constable' he 'took for his own use money from a wallet received by him in evidence in relation to a sudden death'.
Carter was dismissed from the force without notice in August after serving for 23 years.