Met officers shared offensive messages about Harvey Price, hearing told

A radical of Met Police officers were portion of a WhatsApp radical which shared sexist, racist and homophobic messages, a disciplinary proceeding has heard.

They are besides accused making violative remarks astir Harvey Price, the lad of personage Katie Price.

In different messages, intersexual unit against women was applauded, with 1 serviceman described arsenic "getting distant with rape", the proceeding was told.

The officers were portion of a safer neighbourhood team, based successful Bexley.

The radical of 7 men and 1 pistillate are facing a gross misconduct proceeding successful westbound London.

Between 2016 and 2018 the radical is said to person shared messages, memes and videos successful what was described arsenic a "toxic" and "abhorrent" culture.

This included a treatment astir naming a canine Auschwitz, a notation to the Holocaust, and a abstracted proposition to sanction a canine Fred, aft the serial slayer Fred West, the proceeding was told.

The astir elder serviceman accused of involvement, Luke Thomas, who was a sergeant, near earlier this week. Five different members of the group, Luke Allen, Kelsey Buchan, Carlo Francisco, Lee South and Darren Jenner, person besides near the force.

The six who person resigned are not attending the hearing.

The 2 inactive serving are Glynn Rees and different serviceman who has been granted anonymity and is known arsenic Officer B.

TV prima and exemplary Katie Price called for the radical to be "named and shamed" erstwhile the allegations involving her lad Harvey were revealed past year.

Last week, Ms Price published a missive from the Met connected her Instagram account, informing her a radical of officers would look gross misconduct proceedings.

It said "a fig of Metropolitan Police officers are alleged to person breached the standards of nonrecreational behaviour successful regards to discreditable conduct" successful narration to Mr Price.

Harvey, calved successful 2002, was diagnosed with Septo-optic dysplasia, a uncommon familial upset affecting his eyesight, arsenic good arsenic autism and Prader-Willi syndrome, which tin origin learning difficulties and behavioural problems.

He is incapable to power his value and requires 24-hour care.