now, the met police say that there could be more officers like wayne couzens in the police force becausegal ruling in the high court today. now, this means that hundreds of officers accused of sexual and domestic abuse could be reinstated. joining me now in the studio is our home and security editor, mark white. mark, i think that sir mark rowley has called this an absurd ruling and said that this means that hundreds of officers that potentially should have had their vetting removed will be allowed back into the force. >> well, what the met commissioner said is that absolutely, as far as he's concerned, none of these officers will get back into operational duty or duty of any kind. they will if they're on special leave, as a number of them are, remain on that. it's absurd, he said, but it is the least worst option because to let them. >> buy the law has left policing in a hopeless position. >> the public, he says, is a risk he's not willing to take. but there's no doubt the metropolitan police are deeply frustrated here because they got such a reputational kicking. understandably, after

do you know that name that wayne couzens, even just hearing that man's name, it's just enough, isn'tend a shiver down your spine? i'll never forget that that guy had the audacity, ladies and gents, to actually appeal his sentence. remember that you've got a question. what actually goes through the mind? how egotistical, how warped must you be? not least to have done that in the first place, but then to have got your tariff and sit there and pontificate to yourself and think, do you know what? it's a really good look for me now to try and get a reduced sentence. i mean, goodness gracious me. get in touch me and tell your thoughts coming up hello there. michelle dewberry dewbs& co gb07 ben habib scarlett mccgwire alongside me. let's open this to you, ben habib. we've just been hearing there then about these new changes when it comes to policing and the ease at which a police force would be able to get rid of a potential wrong'un. >> well, i think it is a dark day for the police. you know, if we are to trust the police with policing the nation, we have to trust them with policing their

all, of course, follows the murder of sarah everard in 2021 by the serving police officer, pc wayne couzens other allegations since that really have resulted in the metropolitan police in particular, receiving an absolute reputational kicking. a review by baroness casey described the metropolitan police as not only institutionally racist, but also misogynistic and homophobic, and so since then there's been a lot of soul searching internal processes and operation , which processes and operation, which has really aimed to look at all those currently serving within the police service to just check their their past and to vet them again to make sure, as i say, that they're fit and proper to hold that post. and this particular individual, a sergeant called lino di maria, was found to have a number of allegations that had been made against him of rape, sexual assault claims that he had also sent inappropriate messages to colleagues at work. so the police decided to revoke his vetting and institute the process to dismiss him. he has appealed that he's gone to the high court. there was a judicial r