MET POLICE DETECTIVE FOUND TO HAVE ABUSED AND HARASSED WOMEN
An ex-Met Police detective who featured on a BBC documentary about rape investigations has been found to have abused or harassed seven ex-partners Former Detective Constable David Fall assaulted two of the women and told one “I could rape you if I wanted to”, a misconduct hearing found.In 2017 he appeared on the BBC’s The Met: Policing London in an episode about rape investigations.
Fall, who was the investigating officer in the rape case, was seen telling a 35-year-old rape victim: “That’s what my job is, to make sure we lock up the bad people so that people like you, the good people, can sleep safe and sound in their own houses.
That’s the job that we do, we look after people.” But Fall soon became the subject of a criminal investigation himself when seven former partners made complaints of domestic abuse and harassment.
Hampshire Police launched Operation Foam in 2020, an investigation into Fall’s behaviour.
efore he resigned in October 2024, Fall was attached to the Met’s Specialist Crime South team which covers Bromley, Croydon, Sutton, Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
On Friday (February 7, 2025) the allegations made by the seven women were found proven by a Met Police misconduct hearing.
All the allegations came from women Fall had been in relationships with between 2014 and 2020, while he was a Met Police officer.
One woman said during their relationship Fall had poked her in the stomach whilst she was pregnant, ripped her hoodie and forcefully removed it, threw a phone at her head, jabbed her with a fork, and said words to the effect of “I could rape you if I wanted to”.
Another woman, who has since died, said Fall poured beer over her, threw a sandwich at her, slapped her, pulled her hair, threatened to rape her, and grabbed her by the arm causing a bruise when she threatened to leave him.
