Eight police officers have been found guilty after mocking Katie Price’s disabled son Harvey on WhatsApp.
The Metropolitan Police officers were found guilty of “gross misconduct” over “discriminatory and offensive” messages they shared, including some which made fun of Harvey, 20.
Seven men and one woman were found to have sent sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, and disablist comments in a WhatsApp group called “Secret Squirrel S***” between May 17, 2016, and June 26, 2018.
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During the fifth day of the hearing at Palestra House in Southwark, central London, on Thursday (April 13), legal chairman Christopher McKay described the gross misconduct as a “breach of the standards of professional behaviour that is so serious as to justify dismissal”.
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The chairman found each former and serving officer to have committed gross misconduct over their own messages, as well as by “failing to challenge or report” the conduct of others in the group.
The hearing concerned former sergeant Luke Thomas, former acting sergeant Luke Allen, former Pc Kelsey Buchan, former Pc Carlo Francisco, former Pc Lee South, former Pc Darren Jenner, Pc Glynn Rees, and Officer B, who has been granted anonymity.
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Harvey is Katie’s eldest son former professional footballer Dwight Yorke, though Katie has raised him on her own single-handedly.
He was born with Prader-Willi syndrome which is caused by a genetic defect.
Symptoms of the condition include an excessive appetite and overeating.
Mucky Mansion star Katie, 44, also has four other children, Junior, 17, and Princess, 15, who she shares with Peter Andre.
(Image: Katie Price/Instagram)
Katie also has Jett, nine, and Bunny, eight, who she shares with her ex-partner Kieran Hayler.
The star hasn’t ruled out having any more kids and often discusses the potential of doing so with her on-and-off partner Carl Woods.
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