April 13th 2023.
Katie Price has expressed her joy after eight Metropolitan Police officers were found guilty of 'gross misconduct' for sending 'discriminatory and offensive' messages - including some which targeted her disabled son Harvey.
The officers were found to have shared sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, and ableist comments in a WhatsApp group called 'Secret Squirrel S**t' between May 17, 2016 and June 26, 2018.
Legal chairman Christopher McKay described gross misconduct as a 'breach of the standards of professional behaviour that is so serious as to justify dismissal' during the fifth day of the hearing at Palestra House in Southwark, central London.
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) Katie Price has welcomed the positive change of justice being served
Katie, accompanied by Harvey, appeared on 5 News to address the case for the first time since the ruling. Harvey, 20, suffers from Prader-Willi syndrome and Septo-Optic Dysplasia.
Katie declared: 'I'm absolutely over the moon. It's about time justice has been done. Not only that they are professionals that we trust, that we should trust who have done this... and now an example is going to be put out there and something is going to be done.'
When asked how he felt when people were horrible to him, Harvey replied: 'Angry and sad.'
Katie then called for the officers to be ‘named and shamed’, saying: 'I hope they're embarrassed to know what their family are going through and I hope... all their names and their mug shots come out because I would like to see their faces and they should be named and shamed.'
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) Katie Price has demanded justice and action on the guilty officers
Katie Price has spoken out after eight serving and former Metropolitan Police officers were found guilty of ‘gross misconduct’ for their involvement in the sharing of ‘discriminatory and offensive’ messages, including some which made fun of her disabled son.
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) Katie declared that ‘justice has been done’
The officers – seven men and one woman – were found to have sent sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, and ableist comments in a WhatsApp group called ‘Secret Squirrel S**t’ between May 17, 2016 and June 26, 2018.
Legal chairman Christopher McKay determined that each former and serving officer had committed gross misconduct over their own messages, as well as by ‘failing to challenge or report’ the conduct of others in the group.
In an interview with 5 News, Katie expressed her joy at the verdict and its implications for the officers. The former glamour model said she was ‘absolutely over the moon’ and that it was ‘about time justice has been done.’
(Image Source: https://metro.co.uk) The mum-of-five called for the officers to be ‘named and shamed’
Katie further explained how ‘evil and spiteful’ the comments made by the officers were and that her son Harvey, who has Prader-Willi Syndrome and Septo-Optic Dysplasia, did not deserve such treatment.
When asked by Katie how it made him feel when people were horrible to him, Harvey said: ‘Angry and sad.’
Katie concluded that she hoped the officers ‘feel ashamed’ and are ’embarrassed’, calling for their mug shots and names to be released in order to ‘name and shame’ them.
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