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BBC NEWS  Malcolm Searles used sirens and blue lights during the errand A former Metropolitan police officer who killed a woman pedestrian while on a personal errand in a patrol car has been jailed for six-and-a-half years. Malcolm Searles, 24, admitted causing the death by dangerous driving of Sandra Simpson, 61, as he went to deliver a birthday card last August. Mrs Simpson died after the crash in Bromley, south-east London. Searles, from Kent, used sirens and blue lights during the errand, London's Southwark Crown Court heard. In a previous hearing, the court heard Searles had been driving at 50mph in a 30mph zone shortly before the crash on 23 August. Sister's house Mrs Simpson was walking with her husband, Peter, in Homesdale Road at the time. The officer, who was based in Bromley police station, was charged after the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigated the fatal crash. He was sacked from the Met in April following disciplinary action. IPCC investigators found Searles had gone on the personal errand, while on duty, to his sister's house in Swanley, Kent. He used a police car and had driven at speeds of more than 100mph during the evening.
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