Former Police Officers Sentenced Over Offensive Messages In Private WhatsApp Group

Published on December 8, 2023

Six retired Metropolitan Police officers have been sentenced for sending offensive and racist messages in a private WhatsApp group. The group, who retired between 2001 and 2015, were convicted in November following an investigation by officers from the Met’s professional standards team and a BBC Newsnight probe. The six former officers were sentenced at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. All were given suspended sentences, ranging from six to 14 weeks’ imprisonment, as well as hundreds of hours unpaid work for offences under Section 127(1) (a) of the Communications Act 2003. Five had pleaded guilty to the crime of sending by public communication grossly offensive racist messages. One had pleaded innocent, but was found guilty of the same crime....

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