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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Sinéad Campbell

Police responder to 2017 London Bridge attack sacked for ‘derogatory’ language

Hi-vis vest of a British Transport Police officer
The misconduct panel during a tribunal concluded that these were ‘deliberate messages that clearly link the Irish Traveller community to acts of theft’. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

A police officer who was one of the first on the scene of the 2017 London Bridge terror attack has been sacked for gross misconduct after using “derogatory” language about Romas, Gypsies and Travellers.

DC Mark Luker of the British Transport Police (BTP) used offensive language in a WhatsApp group he was in with other police officers.

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