Wayne Couzens’ Met Police colleagues convicted over ‘grossly offensive’ WhatsApp messages
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Metropolitan Police said it would “progress internal misconduct proceedings without delay” for Cobban and PC Neville, because they could not start while the court case was ongoing. “It is incomprehensible that serving police officers could think it was right to share these kinds of grossly offensive messages with others,” she added. “They were not just shocking or disturbing banter, but they amounted to criminal offences.” Former Metropolitan Police officer Joel Borders arriving at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, London, where he is charged with sharing “grossly offensive” WhatsApp messages with Sarah Everard murderer Wayne Couzens. Prosecutor Edward Brown QC said the chat contained “a close-knit group of” officers including the three defendants, who had transferred from the Civil Nuclear Constabulary to the Metropolitan Police in February 2019.