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| Met officers guilty over offensive Katie Price son messages | Met officers guilty over offensive Katie Price son messages |
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| Some of the messages mocked Katie Price's son Harvey | Some of the messages mocked Katie Price's son Harvey |
| Eight serving and former Metropolitan Police officers have been found guilty of gross misconduct over offensive messages shared in a WhatsApp group. | Eight serving and former Metropolitan Police officers have been found guilty of gross misconduct over offensive messages shared in a WhatsApp group. |
| The "discriminatory and offensive" messages included some that made fun of Katie Price's disabled son. | The "discriminatory and offensive" messages included some that made fun of Katie Price's disabled son. |
| The officers, seven men and one woman, were found to have sent sexist, racist, homophobic and transphobic messages between May 2016 and June 2018. | The officers, seven men and one woman, were found to have sent sexist, racist, homophobic and transphobic messages between May 2016 and June 2018. |
| They also failed to challenge other group members' conduct, a panel found. | They also failed to challenge other group members' conduct, a panel found. |
| Some messages allegedly "applauded sexual violence against women", the fifth day of a hearing in central London was told. | Some messages allegedly "applauded sexual violence against women", the fifth day of a hearing in central London was told. |
| The hearing concerned former Sgt Luke Thomas, former acting Sgt 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. | The hearing concerned former Sgt Luke Thomas, former acting Sgt 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. |
| The panel heard that "Officer B" posted an edited photograph of Harvey Price in a chat, accompanied by a caption that had a "racist tone" and made fun of his disability. | |
| How many complaints are made against police officers? | |
| Mr Price, 20, has Prader-Willi syndrome, autism and is partially-sighted. | |
| Legal chairman of the panel Christopher McKay described the post as a "significant breach of the standard of equality and diversity", as well as, "inappropriate and offensive" to Mr Price, and said it had constituted "gross misconduct". | |
| Ex-PC Luke Thomas, the most senior-ranking officer in the group, "appears to have been one of the most active participants" in the WhatsApp group, the panel found. | |
| Mr Thomas mocked Mr Price's weight in some messages, called a junior female officer "ugly" and joked he should name his dog "Auschwitz" or "Adolf", or "Fred" or "Ian" after, "my two favourite child sex killers". | |
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| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Metropolitan Police Service | Metropolitan Police Service |
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| Katie Price |