I was blackmailed by my friend who was holding my money to write him a reference to get into the Police. He is now a police officer in the Met and refuses to pay me back - UK

Hello,

My friend who I grew up with - I lent him £9k, of which £2.5k he paid back. However, I wrote a completely fake reference for him, and so did my friend on my behalf for him. He got into the Police, and is currently on a 2 year probation in the Met. This guy is actually very evil. He is a blatant racist and I have whatsapp messages where he's calling other ethnic groups names. He also has a father that is undocumented in this country and he has a false identity from when his mother came into this country.

I never knew these things until the last 6 months of our relationship. Things became worst, and he became manipulative towards me in wanting to control who I speak to etc. There are many more things that I don't have time to mention on here. But for too long I was scared to ever disagree with him, in case he wouldn't give me my money back. I have never felt so humiliated.

I am not here to ask about how I can get my money back. I am wanting to report him to the Met for everything he has done to me. And most importantly, I need to come clean and tell them that the reference I wrote to him was under pressure and not legit.

What are my options and what are the chances they would dismiss him? He joined the Met in March