Katie Price says she is 'over the moon' that two Met officers have been sacked over offensive messages about her disabled son Harvey and called for them all to be named and shamed.
Two officers have been dismissed over discriminatory messages they sent to colleagues in a WhatsApp group.
This comes after eight serving and former Metropolitan Police officers have been found guilty of gross misconduct over "discriminatory and offensive" messages they shared, including some which made fun of Katie Price’s disabled son.
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The officers – 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**t" between May 17, 2016 and June 26, 2018.
Speaking to 5 News, Katie, 44, stated they should be 'ashamed' and 'embarrassed' over the sick comments.
She told Dan Walker: "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.
"If they ever get any other job that it goes on their CV because I'll tell you what, there won't be a lot of people who want to employ them after this.
"Would you want to employ someone when you know they do stuff like this? Because I know I wouldn't.
"So it will affect them for the rest of their life. And I hope it does because they deserve that, they're disgusting."
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 hearings at Palestra House in Southwark, central London, on Thursday.
He found each 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.
Their messages included derogatory comments about 20-year-old Mr Price, who suffers from Prader–Willi syndrome and autism, and about a junior female officer, known in the hearings as Officer A.
Mr McKay said Officer B, who can be named at the end of proceedings, posted an edited photograph of Mr Price in the chat with the caption: "You’ve heard of elf on a shelf, now get ready for Harvey Price eating Uncle Ben’s basmati rice after trying to read three blind mice on spice, saying ‘hello you c***."
Mr McKay said: "The rhyme has a racist tone and refers to his disability – he is partially sighted.
"There is no need to refer to Uncle Ben’s rice unless pointing to the racial origins of Uncle Ben and Harvey Price being similar.
"The words ‘trying to read’ also highlight his disability."
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