A Metropolitan Police officer, Paedophile PC Alex Law, who was granted anonymity at a disciplinary hearing despite being a convicted sex offender, has now been publicly identified.
PC Alex Law, 43, was photographed for the first time following the courageous testimony of his victim, who was under the age of 10, regarding her two decades of terror and shame.
At the age of 15, Alex Law indecently attacked the girl on two occasions as she was playing in the woods near his hometown of Hexham, Northumberland, some 20 miles west of Newcastle, in 1996.
Years later, PC Alex Law obtained a position with the Metropolitan Police while concealing his sinister secret.
In December 2022, the victim ultimately resolved to break her silence and reported him to Northumbria Police.
Controversially, PC Alex Law was permitted to maintain anonymity during a Scotland Yard misconduct hearing on 25 April, three days subsequent to receiving a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence at Newcastle Crown Court.
Identified solely as Officer A, the police department reported that he had entered a guilty plea to two counts of indecently abusing a female minor under the age of 14. Law was permanently registered as a sex offender.
During an interview, the victim stated to The Journal newspaper in Newcastle: “He’s destroyed my life.” I might have become a vastly different individual.
While PC Alex Law continued his life as a respected custodial officer in London, her life deteriorated, and she struggled to manage.
She stated, “During my upbringing, I perceived myself as an outcast; I felt unclean.”
“He instilled self-loathing in me.” I have made poor life choices and experienced violent relationships as a result of him.
The lady asserted that Law transmitted a photograph of himself in his Met uniform, which motivated her to come out and report on “monster Alex” to safeguard other women.
PC Alex Law, of Cedar Drive in Dartford, Kent, and affiliated with Met Detention, was terminated without notice by Assistant Commissioner Pippa Mills.
PC Alex Law expressed regret and acknowledged that it was improbable he would have been a police officer had the circumstances been known at the time.
Detective Constable Phil Trotter of Northumbria Police, who spearheaded the investigation, stated on Tuesday: “This conviction was solely achievable due to the courage exhibited by the victim.”
She summoned the confidence to voice her concerns and relied on our officers to heed her account and conduct a thorough investigation into the incident.
I hope her courageous acts serve as an inspiration to other victims who may believe it is too late to report past abuse.
“It is never too late to step forward, and as a Force, we are dedicated to assisting victims and ensuring that offenders are held accountable.”
Detective Chief Superintendent Andy Cox expressed his gratitude to Northumbria Police for their inquiry.
“He is currently serving a prison sentence and has appropriately been expeditiously dismissed from the Metropolitan Police.”
“We are dedicated to expelling individuals unfit for policing from the organisation.”
UPDATE 14.07.25
The Metropolitan Police Paedophile PC Alex Law is being released from prison.
He is not returning home to his wife, who is still a serving Metropolitan Police Inspector, and their two children, because of not being able to be near children, but this is only temporary. She continues to support him and has allegedly been visiting him regularly while he was in prison.
Alex Law was on the same team as PC Wayne Couzens, who raped and murdered Sarah Everard.
Let’s hope that Alex Law doesn’t follow his colleague and escalate his child molesting M.O.
One thing is for sure: the Metropolitan Police won’t be stopping him.
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