Two officers from the Metropolitan Police's heavily criticised Sapphire sex crime unit could face criminal charges linked to claims that records were faked.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has passed files on a detective constable and a police constable to prosecutors, it confirmed yesterday.

The Met detective, who was referred to the IPCC in 2012, is facing allegations that he falsified entries on the crime reporting system relating to the submission of exhibits, advice from the Crown Prosecution Service and authorities from senior officers.