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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Will Hayward & Alahna Kindred

Dead police officer's family explain why they made his abhorrent phone messages public

The family of a retired cop have explained why they released the disturbing messages they found on his phone after he died.

Ricky Jones, 52, took his own life two years ago. He previously worked at Gwent Police until his retirement.

His family found some homophobic, racist and misogynistic messages shared with other officers on his phone and made the decision to make them public.

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