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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Ben Quinn

Met officers guilty of sharing offensive messages with Wayne Couzens

Serving Metropolitan police officer Jonathon Cobban arriving at Westminster magistrates court earlier this year.
Serving Metropolitan police officer Jonathon Cobban arriving at Westminster magistrates court earlier this year. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/PA

A serving police officer and an ex-colleague have been warned there is a real possibility they will go to jail after being found guilty of sending grossly offensive misogynistic and racist messages in a WhatsApp group that included Sarah Everard’s killer.

PC Jonathon Cobban, 35, a Metropolitan police officer, and Joel Borders, 45, had joked about beating and sexually assaulting women, raping a colleague and using Taser weapons on children, their trial had been told.

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