TV persona Katie Price has stated she is “shocked and upset” about “disgusting” feedback made about her disabled son in a WhatsApp group which contained Metropolitan Police officers.
The former glamour mannequin was talking after a misconduct listening to was instructed officers within the South East Command Unit posted feedback that had been allegedly sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic and “applauded sexual violence against women”.
Eight serving and former officers face the gross misconduct listening to after allegedly being a part of the WhatsApp group, entitled “Secret Squirrel S***”, between May 2016 and June 2018.
After seeing the remarks, Price instructed ITV News on Tuesday: “I’ve got some comments here and some are just too shocking to say.
“There’s one right here which has a horrible swear phrase in, it says: ‘For a [swear word], he cannot see and might’t discover his solution to the fridge and a biscuit jar with little problem.’ That’s mocking Harvey once more for him being born blind.”
She described another “disgusting” message referencing Harvey, who has Prader-Willi syndrome and autism.
Price, 44, added: “It’s surprising, it is surprising, and it upsets me. It actually does upset me however I’ve to be sturdy as a result of I’ve received 5 kids and the opposite 4 will learn and learn about this and I’ve to be sturdy for Harvey.
“What I’m shocked about is we look up to police officers to protect us and I teach my kids to say that police will protect you.
“I do respect quite a lot of police on the market [they] actually, actually do – they do an incredible job, however to be let down by individuals like this.”
The hearing is due to conclude on Friday and Price said she wants an apology from the force and Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley once it has concluded.
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, faced the first day of their gross misconduct hearing at Empress State Building in Fulham, west London, on Tuesday.
The eight officers are topic to a few allegations of gross misconduct and are additionally alleged to have breached requirements {of professional} behaviour in relation to equality and variety, authority, respect and courtesy, difficult and reporting improper conduct and discreditable conduct.
The first allegation considerations feedback and posts made by officers within the WhatsApp group, the second pertains to feedback a couple of feminine colleague, Officer A, and the third is in relation to the officers failing to report the content material.
Thomas, Allen and South admitted gross misconduct for all allegations.
Thomas made a number of posts about Price’s son Harvey.
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Francisco admits gross misconduct for the primary allegation and misconduct for the opposite two.
Rees and Buchan admit misconduct for all allegations.
Officer B denies the primary allegation and admits misconduct for the second and third allegations.
Jenner has not engaged with the misconduct listening to and the police have taken that to imply he doesn’t admit both misconduct or gross misconduct.
Price shared a picture of a letter detailing the misconduct on her Instagram story on Friday.
In the letter, which was addressed to Price and dated 26 January, an investigator from the Discrimination Investigation Unit throughout the Professional Standards Department of the Met Police knowledgeable her that “a number of Metropolitan Police officers are alleged to have breached the Standards of Professional Behaviour in regards to Discreditable Conduct for being part of a WhatsApp group chat that has posted inappropriate and derogatory images of your son, Harvey Price”.
Source: information.sky.com”