Met chief criticises court system after paedophile granted bail

Officers left feeling ‘hamstrung’, says Mark Rowley after offender allowed to return to flat overlooking playground

Pressure to cut the number of prisoners on remand has led to “dangerous and prolific offenders” being granted bail, the country’s most senior police officer said after a paedophile was allowed to return to his flat that overlooked a children’s playground.

Zafer Dogan was jailed on Thursday for two years and four months after he was convicted of taking thousands of pictures of women and girls before using AI technology to turn them into nude images for his sexual gratification.