At a glance
•Met Police Sergeant Lawrence Hume was sacked for gross misconduct after being secretly filmed saying a detainee “deserves to be beaten up” in footage aired by BBC Panorama.
•The misconduct panel ruled his comments were unprovoked and damaging to public confidence, especially given his leadership role overseeing detainee welfare.
•Hume is the sixth officer dismissed following the BBC investigation into misconduct at Charing Cross police station.
