Pc Toby Rowland accepted an £80,000 offer from Tory MP Andrew Mitchell . Mr Mitchell claimed that Pc Rowland should be prosecuted over Plebgate . The Metropolitan Police has been accused of a cover-up after it emerged the force failed to inform Parliament about its investigation into claims made by former News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and her husband Charlie Brooks. He sued the former chief whip for defamation in the High Court . Mr Mitchell lost his own libel case against The Sun newspaper last year . It is understood that the issue of legal costs has still to be determined .
Pc Toby Rowland accepted an £80,000 offer from Tory MP Andrew Mitchell . Mr Mitchell claimed that Pc Rowland should be prosecuted over Plebgate . Pc Rowland had been interviewed at length and cleared of any wrongdoing . He sued the former chief whip for defamation in the High Court . Mr Mitchell lost his own libel case against The Sun newspaper last year . It is understood that the issue of legal costs has still to be determined .