Gwent Police Officers Shared 'Vile' and 'Shocking' Messages, Hearing Told

Gwent Police officers shared 'vile' and 'shocking' messages, hearing told

Chief Constable Mark Hobrough says the actions of the officers "brought shame to our organisation".

The sickening WhatsApp chats that cost two police officers their jobs

'Degrading' jokes by Gwent PCs James Heley and Simon Lewis were exposed four years ago when various appalling messages were found on a former colleague's phone

Two Gwent Police officers accused of ‘sending offensive messages’ resign

Two Gwent Police officers under investigation for bringing the force into disrepute over 'offensive messages' have resigned

Former Gwent Police officers shared racist and misogynistic WhatsApp messages

Mark Hobrough, Chief Constable of Gwent Police. Picture: LDRS Two former police officers would have been dismissed without notice for gross misconduct after sharing racist, homophobic and misogynistic messages in a WhatsApp group, a disciplinary panel has ruled. Former PCs Simon Lewis and James Heley resigned from Gwent Police on Friday 27 February, days before a misconduct hearing took place on Monday 2 March. Neither attended the hearing. The …

Two ex Gwent Police officers barred after WhatsApp messages exposed

Two former Gwent Police officers would have been dismissed had they still been serving, following an Independent Office for Police Conduct investigation into discriminatory, offensive and derogatory messages shared on WhatsApp. At the end of a one day misconduct hearing, former PCs James Heley and Simon Lewis, who resigned three days before the hearing, were found to have breached police standards of professional behaviour relating to authority,…

Gwent Police officers shared misogynistic, homophobic and racist WhatsApp messages

PCs James Heley and Simon Lewis would have been dismissed were they still serving following an investigatoin by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).