{"id":509108,"date":"2022-02-11T13:47:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T13:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1554786"},"modified":"2022-02-11T13:47:41","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T13:47:41","slug":"cps-considering-charges-against-met-officers-over-wayne-couzens-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/02\/11\/cps-considering-charges-against-met-officers-over-wayne-couzens-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"CPS considering charges against Met officers over Wayne Couzens messages"},"content":{"rendered":"
Three Metropolitan police officers who worked with Sarah Everard\u2019s killer Wayne Couzens could face charges over allegations they shared racist and misogynistic messages with him.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors are considering a file of evidence referred by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) into the \u201calleged sending and sharing of inappropriate messages by police officers\u201d. Couzens is serving a whole-life order after kidnapping, raping, and murdering the 33-year-old last year.<\/p>\n
The watchdog has sent evidence concerning two serving Met officers, and a former officer at the force, for consideration of offences regarding \u201cgrossly offensive material\u201d under the Communications Act. It comes after the IOPC launched a probe into claims they and other officers sent \u201cdiscriminatory messages\u201d \u2013 reportedly racist and misogynistic \u2013 over WhatsApp between March and October 2019 after the information was recovered from an old mobile phone found during the police probe into Everard\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n
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