Met chief: Critics attacked policing of Everard vigil without knowing the facts

Dame Cressida Dick has defended police officers for their handling of the Everard vigil on Clapham Common (Victoria Jones/PA)

Critics of the police handling of the Sarah Everard vigil spoke out “without knowing the facts”, Britain’s most senior officer has said.

Cressida Dick told the Radio 4 Today programme that the commentary during “a social media pile-on” had damaged confidence in policing.