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Police officer keeps job after sending pic of man trying to post letter through eye opening of burqa The officer was also found guilty of using racist and homophobic slurs against Romanians, using the words two black blokes and benders during a team meeting.
A police constable has managed to keep his job despite being found guilty of gross misconduct – after sharing an image of a man trying to post a letter through a burqa.
PC Andrew Sexton, who has served with Wiltshire Police since 1997, admitted sending the offensive image at a five-day misconduct hearing last week.
The image, which was stamped with the words “Should have gone to Specsavers”, shows a caucasian man trying to post a letter into the eye opening of a woman’s burqa.
LONDON: A British police officer who shared an Islamophobic picture and made other racist comments has managed to avoid being fired. PC Andrew Sexton received a final written warning instead of losing his job after being found guilty of misconduct and gross misconduct at a five-day hearing. The Wiltshire Police officer admitted to sharing a meme of a man trying to post a
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A stalking victim said she felt her ordeal became more intense because her tormentor didn’t have anything else to do during lockdown. The woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, spoke out as figures showed that Wiltshire Police recorded a rise of almost two-thirds in the number of reports of stalking since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. There were 379 between April 2020 and March this year, compared with 238 the year before. In 2018/19 there were 150 reports. One victim said: “I think the stalking probably got more intense due to the fact lockdown would have caused boredom and increased obsessive thoughts because he didn’t have anything else to do or think about.”