‘Officer Naughty’ Met policewoman committed gross misconduct, panel finds

A policewoman who called herself ‘Officer Naughty’ committed gross misconduct by lying about her investigation into Wayne Couzens over two incidents of flashing, a disciplinary panel found today. 

PC Samantha Lee, 29, was found to have failed to make ‘the correct investigative inquiries’ over two incidents when Couzens exposed himself to female members of staff at a McDonald’s restaurant in Swanley, Kent, on February 14 and 27, 2021.

Ms Lee attended the restaurant on March 3 and interviewed manager Sam Taylor, hours before Sarah Everard was kidnapped, raped and murdered by the serving Met firearms officer. 

Lee was also found to have lied about her actions when later questioned about the interview, claiming that she believed that CCTV at the restaurant was deleted automatically so there would be no footage of Couzens or the offence.

PC Samantha Lee was told to go to a McDonald’s drive-thru in Swanley, Kent, on March 3, 2021, after Couzens was captured on CCTV flashing two women

Lee outside outside Palestra House in Southwark, south London, during the disciplinary hearing earlier this month 

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Lee, pictured in uniform, was criticised for the way she handled a flashing allegation against Wayne Couzens 

Lee had told the misconduct hearing that she did not know she was in charge of the case and went off on leave after the visit, assuming someone else would check it out further ‘in a few days’. 

She told a police the hearing that she had been ‘shocked’ after Ms Everard’s murder to learn she had responsibility for investigating Couzens’ earlier offences. 

And she denied being lazy after being accused of carrying out ‘a lamentably poor and rushed investigation’, failing to acquire CCTV and spending just 15 minutes at the restaurant.

But panel chairman Darren Snow found that her dishonesty amounted to gross misconduct, and that had Lee still been a serving officer, she would have been dismissed from the force.

Lee has left the force and set up an OnlyFans site under the name Officer Naughty

 In March of this year, Couzens was sentenced to 19 months in prison after admitting three counts of indecent exposure

Couzens was a serving Met officer when he kidnapped and murdered Sarah Everard

In March of this year, Couzens was sentenced to 19 months in prison after admitting three counts of indecent exposure.

He was already serving life behind bars for kidnapping Ms Everard as she walked home through Clapham, south London, on March 3, 2021 and then murdering her.

The third indecent exposure incident relates to when Couzens exposed himself to a female cyclist on a Kent country lane in November 2020.

CCTV shows Couzens making two trips to the McDonald’s Drive-thru in Swanley, Kent

Couzens is seen placing an order at the McDonald’s while driving back home following a 12-hour shift with the Met

As Couzens’ collected his food and drink, he exposed himself to members of staff at the restaurant

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The McDonald’s drive-thru in Swanley, Kent, where Couzens flashed staff  in February 2021