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Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Six ex-Met officers charged with sending racist WhatsApp messages

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A Metropolitan police officer — None of the officers were working for the Met during the period the messages were sent. Photograph: Sinai Noor/Rex/Shutterstock

Six former Metropolitan police officers including one who went on to be employed by the Home Office have been charged with sending grossly offensive and racist messages in a WhatsApp group.

The six have been charged with offences under the Communications Act 2003 and will appear at Westminster magistrates court on Thursday 7 September. The charges follow publication of a BBC News report in October 2022, when one of the six was working for the Home Office.

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