Senior police officer accused of calling cleaner 'n*****' keeps job after hearing finds allegations unproven

DCI Glen Lloyd called allegations 'malicious and false'

The disputed incident happened at St Pancras station (Getty)

A senior murder detective who was accused of calling a cleaner a “n*****” will not face further disciplinary action after the allegations were found to be unproven.

Detective Chief Inspector Glen Lloyd, of Scotland Yard’s homicide and major crime command, had told a hearing he “despised racism” and that his accuser lied.

Abdi Yare claimed he was racially abused at St Pancras International railway station on 11 May 2017.

Mr Yare, who is from Somalia, told the hearing that Mr Lloyd reacted angrily after being told the toilets were shut for cleaning at around 1am.

He claimed that Lloyd told him: “N***** f****** get out of the way let me do my urine or I will urine on the floor. F*** your mother and your dad."

Mr Yare, who declined to use an interpreter and spoke in his second language English, added: ”He said I will smash you on the wall. I was panicking at the time. I was scared for my life.

“He was a very aggressive man. He was very close to me.”

If proven, the allegations would have violated professional standards of authority, respect and courtesy, equality and diversity, discreditable conduct and could have result in dismissal.

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: “The independent chair viewed CCTV of the incident and heard accounts from witnesses – the man involved, a member of the public, officers who attended the incident and DCI Lloyd - and after careful consideration, found the allegations not proven.”

James Berry, for Scotland Yard’s legal services, told the panel that DCI Lloyd was of “good previous character”, adding: “He has a significant amount of experience and expertise with hate crime and diversity.”

The married father-of-three, who has worked at Scotland Yard for 26 years, refuted the allegations while being questioned by police misconduct panel at the Empress State Building in Hammersmith.

DCI Lloyd said: “I hate racism, I really despise it, and I have worked tirelessly for over 20 years to combat it, so the irony of me sitting here in this serious situation I find galling.

"I find that all the hard work over 20 years has been thrown in my face. I have never used the N-word. I have never racially abused anyone. It goes against the very core of what I'm about."

DCI Lloyd had been at a charity event in a sushi restaurant near Liverpool Street station on the evening in question.

He said he had not drunk heavily and was “conscious of my professional demeanour” during the incident and suggested Mr Yare made the "malicious and false allegation" because he was annoyed he had used closed urinals.

DCI Lloyd said Mr Yare was "overly officious, rude and abrupt" as he gesticulated and repeatedly told him to leave the toilets.

Outside, a conversation ensued between two passing British Transport Police officers, a station manager and a supervisor trying to figure out the apparent dispute.

DCI Lloyd claimed Mr Yare initially kept repeating his annoyance about him using the closed toilet but after several minutes he then ”ramped up“ his allegations to include racial abuse.

"My jaw dropped. I was totally incredulous - I felt my whole world implode,” he added.

“I consider him dangerous because he uses his culture as a weapon. He totally, absolutely, 100 per cent lied.”

DCI Lloyd, who has co-authored a book on honour-based violence and has written hate crime policy for the Metropolitan Police, was placed on restricted duties by Scotland Yard, which will now be reviewed.

Additional reporting by PA