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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Anthony France

Met Police officer to keep job after ‘unlawful’ drugs search on black Buckingham Palace colleague

Cyclist going past Buckingham Palace were told to stop and dismount - (Getty Images)

A Metropolitan Police constable carried out an “unlawful” stop-and-search on a black colleague who had just finished his shift at Buckingham Palace, a misconduct hearing heard.

Shaun Matthew had “no reasonable grounds, intelligence or evidence” to suspect Gary Williams might be in possession of drugs as he rode home on his bicycle.

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