A Metropolitan Police officer could be fired after being accused of pinching a female colleague's waist to 'fat test' her in a workplace gym.

PC Mark Neale faced a police disciplinary panel after a female colleague said he 'pinched her hips' when she remarked about 'feeling fat'.

He also allegedly told the same workmate of having a 'proper sex dream' about her.

The panel threw out the gross misconduct charges against him in February last year without hearing his evidence - but Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has since challenged that decision, claiming it was wrong.

And now High Court judge Mr Justice Fordham has ruled PC Neale must return to face a full disciplinary hearing before a different panel.