Met officer to appear in court charged with causing death by careless driving

A Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officer will appear in court charged with causing death by careless driving.

It follows an Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation into a road traffic incident in Whitton Road, Hounslow on 1 November 2019 when pedestrian, Andrew MacIntyre Brown, 23, was in collision with a marked police car.

Police Constable Daniel Francis, 33, will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on 7 December.

Following a referral from the MPS on 1 November 2019 we began an investigation which was completed in May 2021. We referred a file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service which has taken the decision to authorise a charge against the officer.