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Rishi Sunak's Protection Officer Arrested Over Alleged Betting on UK Election Date

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A police constable working as part of the UK Prime Minister's protection team was arrested on Monday, June 17, on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The arrest follows an investigation by the Gambling Commission, which had been alerted to potential offences linked to the election date. The commission is investigating after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on May 22 that a parliamentary election would take place on July 4. The arrested officer was removed from operational duties and has been released on bail pending further inquiries. The arrest comes a week after it was revealed that Craig Williams, Rishi Sunak's closest parliamentary aide, had placed a £100 bet on the July election date before it was officially announced. As a result of this incident, the Gambling Commission conducted a wider investigation, which led to the arrest of the police constable.

  1. GB
    Independent Office for Police Conduct
    1. We have received a mandatory referral from the Metropolitan police service and will make a decision on the level of IOPC involvement in due course.
  2. GB
    Metropolitan Police
    1. The matter was immediately referred to officers in the Met's directorate of professional standards, who opened an investigation, and the officer was also removed from operational duties.
    2. We can confirm that on Friday, June 14, the Met were contacted by the Gambling Commission who informed us that they were investigating alleged bets made by a police constable from the Met's Royalty and Specialist Protection Command, which were related to the timing of the General Election.

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sources

  1. 1.CTV News
  2. 2.The Times of India
  3. 3.CNN
  4. 4.The Guardian
  5. 5.The Times
  6. 6.ABC News (Australia)
  7. 7.The New York Times
  8. 8.BBC
  9. 9.Guardian
  10. 10.Times

perspectives

  1. 1.Russia-Ukraine War
  2. 2.British Foreign Policy
  3. 3.Election
  4. 4.Rise of Far-Right in Europe
  5. 5.British Politics
  6. 6.UK under Rishi Sunak
  7. 7.BREXIT
  8. 8.Immigration to the UK
  9. 9.UK under Keir Starmer

countries

  1. 1.United KingdomGB
  2. 2.RwandaRW

organizations

  1. 1.Gambling Commission
  2. 2.Metropolitan PoliceGB
  3. 3.Conservative Party
  4. 4.Royalty and Specialist Protection Command
  5. 5.Labour Party
  6. 6.Directorate for Professional Standards
  7. 7.Independent Office for Police ConductGB
  8. 8.Ladbrokes
  9. 9.10 Downing StreetGB
  10. 10.Crown Prosecution ServiceGB
  11. 11.Scotland Yard
  12. 12.Liberal Democractic Party

persons

  1. 1.Rishi SunakGB
  2. 2.Craig Williams
  3. 3.Laura Saunders
  4. 4.Daisy Cooper
  5. 5.Stephen Castle

technicals

  1. 1.D-Day