Ex-Metropolitan Police officer is accused of using dead people’s bank card details to buy goods and sell them.

Muhammed Mustafa Darr, 37, also allegedly stole a laptop and a bag from a Mercedes belonging to a suspect who had been arrested by his colleagues.

He is further accused of using police computer systems to look up information about himself and others and advising a man to destroy evidence linking him to an investigation.

Darr was charged with three counts of misconduct in a public office and one count of perverting the course of justice between December 2018 and June 2020, while he was a constable on a response unit, after an investigation into alleged corruption.

He pulled a hood over his head and covered his face with a medical mask when he arrived at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, where he spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and address in Walthamstow, east London.

Darr also allegedly perverted the course of justice between March 22 2020 and June 6 2020 by using his access to look up the progress of a police investigation linked to Asif Mushtaq.

The charge states Darr then ‘spoke to Ali Ikram and Asif Mushtaq, advising Asif Mushtaq to conceal or destroy evidence linking him to the investigation’.

District Judge Briony Clarke granted Darr bail ahead of his next appearance at Southwark Crown Court on May 24 on the condition he resides at his home address.