A grieving father’s last impression of his son before he killed himself was that he’d been watching porn after a policeman used the family’s internet to download it while guarding his body.

Met police officer Avi Maharaj, 44, was called to Graham and Allison Miller’s home in Wandsworth back in February 2018 following the suicide of their 14-year-old son Harry.

While alone in the house waiting for the undertaker to arrive, Maharaj used the family’s Virgin Media account to download £25.96 worth of porn – once at around 11pm and then again after the undertaker left.

The PC, based in Earlsfield, then forged attendance logs in an attempt to cover it up.

Prosecutor Rose Edwin told Westminster Magistrates Court of the dead boy’s father’s distress as ‘his last impression of his son was that he had been downloading this material’.

The court heard Maharaj had guessed the account’s pin number, which was set to default settings.

‘Subsequently the father of the deceased contacted the police after he had received the bill for the amount of £25.96, which was the cost of the downloaded material,’ said Ms Edwin.

‘The father of the deceased believed his son had been downloading this material downloading this material so he was very distressed.

‘His last impression of his son was that he was downloading this material but then he subsequently discovered it wasn’t.’

Maharaj’s behaviour was described by his own lawyer Edmund Gritt as ‘completely insensible’.

He told the court that ‘without question, his career as a police officer is terminated’.

Maharaj pleaded guilty to fraud on July 16 but his sentencing has now been referred to Southwark Crown Court on a date to be decided.

Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot said: ‘What concerns me is that the first instance he is asked about it, not only he denies the offence but also changes the time.

‘It is a rather unattractive thing, throwing the blame on another person.’

Speaking when Maharaj was convicted last month, Independent Office for Police Conduct regional director Sal Naseem said: ‘PC Maharaj’s behaviour was shocking and even more so given he was guarding the property in the absence of the homeowner.

‘Not only were his actions deceitful but he caused considerable distress for the family involved who were dealing with the sudden death of a family member.

‘I am sorry that the family involved had to deal with this while also coping with the tragic loss of their child.’

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