Metropolitan Police sack officer who took ‘inappropriate’ photo of dead body

The Met said there was 'no legitimate policing purpose' to taking the photo (file image) Alamy met police Timothy Robson attempted to show the image to colleagues. THE METROPOLITAN POLICE has sacked an officer who took an “inappropriate” photograph of a dead body and attempted to show it to colleagues. A spokesperson for the Met, which served the Greater London area, said that Police Constable Timothy Robson attended a misconduct hearing where a panel found a number of allegations proven against him. On 10 September 2025, Robson attended a sudden death and took a photograph on his personal phone. The Met said that he had “no legitimate policing purpose to do so”. Robson then showed, or offered to show, the image to several of his colleagues. The Met said that in doing so, he was found to h