Two Met officers sacked for misconduct over athlete search
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Two Met officers sacked for misconduct over athlete search
Two Metropolitan Police constables have been dismissed without notice after a disciplinary panel found their actions during a "highly distressing" stop and search of two black athletes amounted to gross misconduct.
Jonathan Clapham and Sam Franks were sacked after it was found they lied about smelling cannabis when they pulled over Olympic sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos, 28, and his partner and Team GB athlete Bianca Williams, 29, on July 4 2020.
They were accused of racially profiling the couple alongside fellow Met officers Acting Police Sergeant Rachel Simpson, Pc Allan Casey and Pc Michael Bond.
Report by Jonesia.
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Video: Just Giving page raises more than £40,000 for two Met Police officers who were sacked over stop and search of Team GB star Bianca Williams and her athlete partner Ricardo dos Santos
Ricardo dos Santos says that “nothing much” has changed in policing in London since the murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993. Two officers were sacked for gross misconduct over their stop and search..
The Met Police insists officers must be held to ‘the highest level of honesty and integrity’ – after two constables were dismissed without notice for their stop and search of black athletes..
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