THREE of five Met cops arrested on suspicion of covering up a sex assault are Freemasons, The Sun can reveal.
Masonic links between a detective sergeant accused of molesting a female colleague and two other cops alleged to have suppressed the case are being probed.
The female PC had made a complaint about the Christmas party incident and later demanded to know why no action had been taken against the officer she alleges attacked her.
It is understood her case was later dismissed altogether by a local professional standards unit.
One source said: “There is no evidence that their Masonic links had anything to do with what is said to have happened.
“But the fact that three of the five officers are Freemasons could arguably give rise to a perception that favours were being done.
“The Masonic links are being investigated as part of the inquiry to see if it has had any bearing on the case.”
The Sun previously revealed five senior North West London detectives were arrested in August.
They were all bailed. It is understood they vehemently deny wrongdoing.
The Met declined to comment.
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley last week told how his force is “hardening our policies such as bringing membership of secret societies into the light.”
His comment alluding to Freemasonry was made in a statement issued over the Charing Cross police station scandal in which an undercover BBC reporter recorded cops making vile remarks.
