An Indian-origin Scotland Yard police constable (PC) has been dismissed from her job without notice for failing to exercise reasonable care in her treatment and monitoring of a homeless man after throwing him out of a police station in west London.
Pericles Malagardis, a Greek national who was sleeping at Heathrow Airport, had gone to Uxbridge police station to collect his dog on a cold day in March 2016.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), the independent police watchdog, had referred the case to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to consider charges of gross negligence manslaughter.
However, an internal disciplinary panel found that Kalsi "did not provide information requested by the London Ambulance Service regarding actions taken to support Mr Malagardis, and failed to follow instruction and training when dealing with unresponsive casualties," after he was found unconscious on the pavement.
Another police station staff member is facing a separate disciplinary hearing over the same incident.
Once the internal Metropolitan Police reviews are completed, an inquest into the death of Malagardis is expected to take place.
(Published in an arrangement with PTI.)
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