Volunteer Met officer ‘sought to intimidate Al Jazeera journalists’

Scotland Yard investigating off-duty officer’s apparent involvement in altercation with journalists covering arson attack in Golders Green

A volunteer police officer is being investigated over claims he sought to intimidate Al Jazeera journalists who were covering a suspected antisemitic hate crime in north-west London on Monday, Scotland Yard has said.

David Soffer, who was off-duty at the time of his alleged involvement, has been referred to the Met’s department of professional standards over his apparent involvement in the altercation between Golders Green residents and the journalists.