Former Police Officers Sentenced Over Offensive Messages In Private WhatsApp Group

Crown Prosecution Service warned that ‘grossly offensive messages that amount to criminal behaviour’ will be prosecuted ‘robustly.’

Former Metropolitan Police officer Michael Chadwell at the City Of London Magistrates' Court on Nov. 6, 2023. Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Six retired Metropolitan Police officers have been sentenced for sending offensive and racist messages in a private WhatsApp group.

The group, who retired between 2001 and 2015, were convicted in November following an investigation by officers from the Met’s professional standards team and a BBC Newsnight probe.