Two policemen given final warnings after stopping for tea en route to suicidal woman later found dead
Two policemen have been given final written warnings after stopping to buy a cup of tea before responding to calls to check on a suicidal woman who was later found dead, a misconduct panel in England has heard.
Metropolitan Police officers Gavin Bateman and Tony Stephenson drove to a fast food restaurant for refreshments and to complete "administrative tasks" rather than heading straight to the home of a woman in Poplar, east London, who had been deemed vulnerable by members of the London Ambulance Service.
