Police officers shared racist and misogynist messages, watchdog finds

Some of the messages are so offensive they cannot be published, references to rape and violence, racism and homophobia.

All part of what was claimed to be ‘banter’ between police officers working at Charing Cross station.

Today, a report from the independent police watchdog revealed that fourteen officers involved were investigated with two found to have a case to answer for gross misconduct.

A warning – this report contains details of some of the offensive messages.