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Met officer sacked after asking colleague for picture of decomposing corpse to show her mother

A Met Police officer has been dismissed from the force after being found guilty of gross misconduct for asking a colleague for a picture of a decomposing corpse to send to her mother.

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2023

Met Police officers could be forced to take a lie detector test to weed out bad cops

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley revealed he was ‘exploring’ lie detector technology to improve the Met’s vetting procedures following damning reports

Daily Mirror · Dec 1, 2022

Ukraine’s First Lady joins Camilla at event to highlight violence against women

The wife of the Ukrainian president said it was important the democratic world unites in the face of violence against women and girls.

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2022

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Mina Smallman gives new Met chief ‘100 days’ to address sexism and racism

Mother of murdered sisters Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry says unless Mark Rowley makes changes in force she is ‘coming for him’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2022

Men urged to call their friends out for sexist behaviour in new campaign

Police Scotland’s new campaign aims to tackle male violence against women

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

Row after independent crime victim charity loses contract to police after 30 years

The Merseyside vulnerable victims’ service had been delivered by the independent charity Victim Support for over 30 years

Liverpool Echo · Oct 3, 2022

The controversies that dogged Dame Cressida Dick’s career as Met commissioner

The first woman to lead Britain’s biggest force said she had ‘no choice’ but to resign after London Mayor Sadiq Khan said he had no confidence in her.

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2022

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Making public sexual harassment a crime could help increase reports – but can women trust police to follow through?

The horrifying murders of Sarah Everard, Sabina Nessa, Bobbi-Anne McLeod, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were each reminders of the worst case scenario women fear when experiencing unwanted attention from men in public. Now, the UK government has opened a consultation asking whether public sexual harassment should be a distinct…

The Conversation · Aug 5, 2022

Maryland review: An angry, galvanising call to action on women’s safety

Short and sharp, Lucy Kirkwood’s play-turned-film is one that everyone should watch

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022

Policeman who took selfies with murdered sisters covered up attack on group of Asian men

Disgraced Pc Deniz Jaffer bragged in a WhatsApp group about a police cover-up involving three "white fellas" arrested for assault at a football protest and said they were released after chatting with them "off the record"

Daily Mirror · Jul 8, 2022

PC who took photos with murdered sisters ‘bragged about covering up racist assault’

The former constable fabricated the story about the attack, a watchdog investigation found

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2022

Met officer’s boasts of covering up attack on Asian men ‘indicate corrupt attitude’ in policing

Conduct of Deniz Jaffer, jailed over sharing of images of murdered sisters, further damned in IOPC report

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2022

Met accept watchdog’s advice after probe into photos taken of murdered Wembley sisters

Two police officers were jailed after sharing WhatsApp images of the bodies of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman

Evening Standard · Jul 8, 2022

Pc who took photos of murdered sisters bragged about ‘Asian assault cover-up’

Deniz Jaffer also used a racially offensive term when referring to the victims of the assault, which happened after the Fryent Country Park murders.

The Independent UK · Jul 8, 2022

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The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022

Zara Aleena: Aunt says ‘fearless’ niece was ‘on road to her dreams’ before she was killed minutes from home

Farrah Naz said her niece was ‘incredibly giving, supportive and insightful’

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022

Family of ‘independent’ Zara Aleena vow to bring change in wake of her death

It comes as a man appeared in court charged with her murder, and with hundreds expected at a vigil on Saturday.

Evening Standard · Jun 29, 2022

What does the Metropolitan Police being put under ‘Special Measures’ mean and why has it happened?

Everything you need to know about the Met Police’s ‘Special Measures’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2022

Three Met PCs who received pictures of murdered sisters can keep jobs

Officers in WhatsApp group were sent images of Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry taken by two colleagues

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The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022

‘Bad apple’ police officers must be fired, mother of murdered sisters tells ‘racist’ Met Police

‘The new Metropolitan Police Commissioner must acknowledge the institutional racism and misogyny that still exists within the service,’ says mother of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022

Two Daughters review – a raw, devastating account of the murders of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman

Stacey Dooley spends a year with the family of the two women for a documentary that’s an astonishingly frank portrayal of their grief, and the awful failings of the police

The Independent UK · May 29, 2022

Mother forgives Satan worshipper who murdered her two daughters – but it’s ‘too late’ for police apology

‘You’re not letting your loved one down by letting go,’ says Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman’s mother

The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2022

TV tonight: Mina Smallman’s devastating story of life after her daughters’ murders

Stacey Dooley meets the mother of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, who turned her grief into activism. Plus: celebrating 25 silly years of Midsomer Murders. Here’s everything to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2022

‘You have to let the anger go’: Mina Smallman on her daughters’ murder – and the police who shared photos of the bodies

It is nearly two years since Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were killed in a London park and pictures of their bodies were shared by the officers who were supposed to be guarding them. Their mother talks about taking on the Met, and how she carries on in the face…

Wales Online · May 23, 2022

BBC Two Daughters with Stacey Dooley: 'I didn't think things could get worse after my daughters were murdered - but they did'

As a priest, Mina Smallman was no stranger to death

Daily Mirror · May 23, 2022

'My daughters were brutally murdered in a park - then somehow things got worse'

Mina Smallman tragically lost her daughters Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry after they went to a park in North London to celebrate the latter's birthday - and tragically neither ever returned home

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