A Metropolitan Police staff member has appeared in court accused of taking and sharing photos of human remains, including brains, after a fatal traffic crash in Perivale . Luke Pearce, 26, of Sandhurst, Berkshire, is charged with two counts of misconduct in a public office relating to July 16 last year.

It is alleged the defendant was witnessed taking photos with his personal mobile phone of the interior of a BMW car which contained “bodily matter” including brains belonging to three victims inside who were involved in a collision in Perivale, Ealing , according to court listings.

He then allegedly airdropped the images to another member staff working at the Met . Prosecutor Dickon Reid told Southwark Crown Court that Pearce was accused of “taking photos of human remains after a

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