Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has revealed two or three officers are set to appear in court a week charged with dishonesty, abuse and violence, as the force confronts failings.

Sir Mark urged Londoners not to “lose heart” in their police force as the organisation seeks to remove corruption and raise standards.

The police chief vowed the city “will see progress” as he acts to reform the beleaguered force - but confessed “it will be painful” and institutional rot could not be removed overnight.

It comes after months of scandal - from the vile Charing Cross WhatsApps and Child Q, to the killing of Sarah Everard and the officers who joked about the bodies of murdered sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman - saw former commissioner Cressida Dick forced out.

But the slew of shocking revelations did not let up, with Sir Mark confronted by now ex-PC David Carrick confessing to a decades-long string of rapes, violence and sexual abuse.

And just yesterday, Met school liaison officer PC Hussain Chehab admitted having sex with a 14-year-old girl and possessing indecent images of children as young as two.