BREAKING: Eight serving and former Metropolitan Police officers have been found guilty of ‘gross misconduct’ over ‘discriminatory and offensive’ messages they shared, including some which made fun of Katie Price’s disabled son Harvey.
The officers – seven men and one woman – were found to have sent sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic and disablist comments in a WhatsApp group called ‘Secret Squirrel Sh*t’ between May 17 2016 and June 26 2018.
Legal chairman Christopher McKay described gross misconduct as a ‘breach of the standards of professional behaviour that is so serious as to justify dismissal’, during the fifth day of the haring at Palestra House in Southwark, centralHe found each former and serving officer to have committed gross misconduct over their own messages, as well as by ‘failing to challenge or report’ the conduct of others in the group.
The hearing concerned former sergeant Luke Thomas, former acting sergeant Luke Allen, former Pc Kelsey Buchan, former Pc Carlo Francisco, former Pc Lee South, former Pc Darren Jenner, Pc Glynn Rees, and Officer B, who has been granted anonymity.– a genetic condition resulting in obesity – and Septo-Optic Dysplasia which affects sight and the development of the brain.
Prior to the verdict, the former glamour model spoke out about the messages and said: ‘These are the people who are supposed to be protecting us, people we are supposed to trust.‘It’s not enough for these people to just lose their jobs if found guilty, if this has happened to a vulnerable adult like Harvey, it will be happening to others.’
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