Sir Mark was unaware of Di Maria’s background at the time he met him or that he was under review by a Met investigation, code-named Operation Onyx, into more than 1,600 officers and staff with sex and domestic violence complaints against them.
Di Maria, in his 40’s, was on the VAWG unit for more than a year and briefed Sir Mark when the Met chief visited the South London police office where he worked.
Sgt Lino Di Maria was pictured with the commissioner in 2022 while working on a unit tackling violence against women and girls a year before having his warrant card taken from him a year later after failing his vetting.
Sgt Di Maria, who joined the Met, in 2004 - was accused of two sexual assaults and rapes in cars in public car parks on December 3 and 9, 2018.
Sgt Di Maria applied for a judicial review and was backed by the rank and file Met Police Federation branch.
