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Tristan Kirk

Met officer who shared Sarah Everard joke lied in the High Court

A disgraced police officer sacked over a joke about Sarah Everard’s murder was a veteran of the Met who continued his career despite telling lies in the High Court, it has been revealed.

Giles Kitchener was dismissed for gross misconduct by City of London police last month, after a series of incidents in 2021 including homophobic and misogynistic comments to colleagues. Just days after Ms Everard was kidnapped, raped and murdered by Met Pc Wayne Couzens, Kitchener circulated on WhatsApp an image depicting a police officer killing a woman.

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