Metropolitan Police: Two officers sacked over 'discriminatory' messages including racist joke about Meghan

Two police officers sacked for posting racist joke about Duchess of Sussex

TWO police officers have been sacked after posting offensive messages in a group chat, including a racist joke about the Duchess of Sussex.

Metropolitan Police: Two officers sacked over 'discriminatory' messages including racist joke about Meghan

The men, whose actions were labelled "completely unacceptable" by the Met, now cannot be employed by other police bodies across the UK.

Two Metropolitan Police Officers Sacked Over Sharing Racist Meghan Joke

Pc Sukhdev Jeer and Pc Paul Hefford posted “abhorrent and discriminatory” remarks, a tribunal heard.

Met officers sacked for racist Meghan WhatsApp post

The messages PC Sukhdev Jeer and PC Paul Hefford sent damaged the Met's reputation, the hearing heard.

Met Police officers sacked over racist Meghan Markle joke and ‘abhorrent’ texts

PCs Sukhdev Jeer and Paul Hefford's actions were deemed to amount to gross misconduct after they shared a number of "overtly racist, ableist and sexist" messages on Whatsapp

Met Police officers sacked over racist WhatsApp posts about Meghan Markle

The vile messages caused 'serious reputational damage to the Metropolitan Police as a whole,' a tribunal ruled.