Met officers guilty of gross misconduct over stop and search of Bianca Williams

Two Metropolitan cops who carried out a cease and search in west London of sprinter Bianca Williams and her associate Ricardo dos Santos had been responsible of gross misconduct, a police disciplinary panel has discovered.

Williams, who received bronze within the 4x100m on the World Championships this summer time, along with Portuguese worldwide sprinter Dos Santos had been stopped and handcuffed when driving in Maida Vale in July 2020 with their child of their car.

Williams filmed it and their coach Linford Christie posted it on-line.

PC Jonathan Clapham and PC Sam Franks had been discovered by a panel to have lied about smelling hashish whereas looking Dos Santos whereas three different officers had been acquitted of gross misconduct over the identical incident.

As well as, the panel discovered as unproven the declare that the race of the athletes had performed a task of their therapy.

Chiew Yin Jones, chair of the panel, mentioned Clapham and Franks had been “untruthful” of their account that they smelled hashish after which suspected the particular person accountable was Dos Santos. Jones mentioned it led to the officers being “trapped in a lie” when giving proof.

Gross misconduct might see the officers dismissed though their destiny will likely be determined at a later date.

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