Andy Hayman resigns after harrassing woman

December 05, 2007

Andy Hayman, Britain's top anti-terrorism police officer, has resigned his job after being accused of harrassing a woman with 400 phone calls and text messages after media allegations that he faced an investigation into some of his expense claims.

Assistant Commissioner Hayman stepped down in his role as head of the Metropolitan Police's Specialist Operations Directorate, which includes Counter Terrorist Command, according to a statement released by New Scotland Yard, HQ of London's police force.

The UK faced some of its biggest terror threats of recent times during Hayman's period in the post, which he took up in February 2005, including the July 7, 2005, bombings, which killed 52 people and left more than 770 injured on the London mass transit system.

Hayman was subject to criticism for his role in the aftermath of the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, the innocent Brazilian killed by police during the hunt for terror suspects following an aborted attack on London on July 21, 2005.

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