Wayne Couzens: PCs in WhatsApp group with Sarah Everard killer jailed

A serving Met constabulary constable and an ex-officer person been jailed for sharing "grossly racist, sexist, and misogynistic" messages with Sarah Everard's killer.

Jonathon Cobban, 35, and Joel Borders, 45, shared WhatsApp messages astir women and disabled radical successful a radical with Wayne Couzens.

The brace were jailed for 12 weeks and bailed pending an appeal.

Couzens murdered Ms Everard portion a serving Met officer.

Serving serviceman Cobban and ex-Pc Borders, who were members of a chat called "Bottle and Stoppers", were convicted connected 21 September.

Westminster Magistrates' Court heard however they joked astir raping a pistillate colleague, talked astir Tasering children and radical with disabilities, and displayed racist views successful the radical successful 2019.

District Judge Sarah Turnock said she could not deliberation of "more grossly violative messages". She bailed the brace up of an entreaty against their convictions astatine the High Court.

Cdr Jon Savell, of the Met Police, said: "The behaviour of these officers is despicable. It is staggering that they respect this connection arsenic defensible.

"I americium profoundly atrocious these officers person fto down the public, and their Met colleagues.

"We are determined to escaped this organisation of those who corrupt its integrity, and are expanding our efforts to bash that much quickly. As a result, we whitethorn good spot much cases emerging, arsenic we permission nary chromatic unturned successful tackling violative behaviour."

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