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The caput of the Met's Black Police Association (MBPA) has been recovered to person committed gross misconduct implicit a radical chat wherever racist, sexist and inappropriate messages were sent and received.
Insp Charles Ehikioya was successful a WhatsApp chat with erstwhile serviceman Carlo Francisco wherever violative messages sent and received.
The serviceman had denied the allegations against him and said the claims were fabricated oregon falsely attributed to him due to the fact that of his contention oregon presumption arsenic seat of the MBPA.
A sheet recovered his behaviour amounted to a breach of the standards of nonrecreational behaviour and said it was "so superior arsenic to perchance warrant dismissal".
The panel, led by Cdr Jason Prins, recovered Insp Ehikioya breached standards successful respect of equality and diversity, discreditable behaviour and challenging and reporting improper behaviour proven astatine a proceeding connected Friday.
A determination connected whether helium volition beryllium dismissed has not been made yet.
In much than 7,000 messages betwixt 2017 and 2020, the serviceman was said to person sent and received jokes, pictures and videos, it was heard previously.
He sent an representation of the precocious Playboy laminitis Hugh Hefner, with the remark "message from the different side, archer the Muslims there's nary 72 virgins left", it was antecedently said.
There was besides a bid of "racist" messages astir Chinese people, the proceeding was told.
Jokes astir enactment with a miss with Down's syndrome, and mockery of the precocious Duke of Edinburgh's car crash, were besides successful the chatlog, arsenic was a video successful which determination was a kid with a bare bottom, James Berry, representing the Met, said previously.
On 1 April 2019, Insp Ehikioya told Mr Francisco to "stop sending oregon receiving these silly porns", saying helium could get into "trouble", the proceeding was told.
Cdr Prins said the sheet "found that Inspector Ehikioya has engaged successful racist, sexist, misogynistic and different inappropriate behaviour".
He added: "The sheet finds to a ample grade that the messages talk for themselves."
He besides said they recovered his defence of the allegations to beryllium "fanciful" and "far-fetched".
Commander Prins said: "The sheet recovered that the messages sent by Inspector Ehikioya oregon received by him, which helium failed to situation oregon report, profoundly harm nationalist assurance successful the constabulary service."
The proceeding was adjourned until aboriginal connected Friday for the sheet to see its sanction.
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