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Met officers accused of sharing racist WhatsApp message about Meghan
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Three Metropolitan police officers have appeared before a misconduct hearing accused of sharing racist and offensive messages, including likening the Duchess of Sussex to a golliwog toy and calling a black boy a monke...
Ex-police officer jailed for 20 weeks over racist WhatsApp messages
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A former police constable has been jailed for 20 weeks after sending a string of racist WhatsApp memes, including images that mocked the death of George Floyd. James Watts was serving with West Mercia police in 2020 w...
Rebekah Vardy’s WhatsApp messages ‘just evil’, Coleen Rooney tells court
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Coleen Rooney has said Rebekah Vardy’s private WhatsApp messages were “just evil”, as she finished giving evidence in the “Wagatha Christie” libel trial. The court has previously heard that Vardy and her agent Carolin...
Rebekah Vardy’s IT expert ‘loses password’ to ‘Wagatha Christie’ WhatsApp messages
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Rebekah Vardy is unable to disclose potentially crucial WhatsApp messages in the ongoing “Wagatha Christie” legal case because an IT expert has “forgotten the password” to the data. Vardy is suing fellow footballer’s ...
Government work often done on WhatsApp during Covid, says top official
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Communication within government during the pandemic was often by instant messaging, such as by WhatsApp, a senior Cabinet Office official has accepted, as it emerged that a series of messages have been lost from Boris...
‘She’s like a spinning wheel’: the mum supporting 200 other single mothers in her WhatsApp group
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During her first year in the England’s Lane homeless hostel in north London, Queeny Singh barely left her room. She didn’t speak to her family, or the other residents. “I was embarrassed,” says the mother of three fro...
Met officers charged over Wayne Couzens WhatsApp group named
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Prosecutors have named the police officers charged over allegedly sharing racist and misogynistic messages on a WhatsApp group that included the officer who kidnapped and murdered Sarah Everard. The Crown Prosecution ...
Met officers charged over alleged posts in Wayne Couzens WhatsApp group
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Two serving police officers and a former officer have been charged over allegations that they shared racist and misogynistic messages on a WhatsApp group that included the killer of Sarah Everard. The investigation be...
Met officers referred to prosecutors over Wayne Couzens WhatsApp group
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Scotland Yard’s crisis has deepened as it emerged that two officers and one former officer have been referred for potential criminal prosecution over their part in a WhatsApp group with Sarah Everard’s murderer Wayne ...
Woman sentenced to death in Pakistan over ‘blasphemous’ WhatsApp activity
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A court in Pakistan has sentenced a woman to death over allegedly blasphemous messages sent over WhatsApp and Facebook. Aneeqa Ateeq, 26, was found guilty and given a death sentence by a court in Rawalpindi on Wednesd...
Police officer took selfies at murder scene and sent racist WhatsApp images
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A police officer took selfies at a murder scene where a teenager had been stabbed to death, and sent “appalling” racist, homophobic and offensive images via WhatsApp, the Guardian has learned. PC Ryan Connolly from th...
How Lord Frost exit got Nadine Dorries deleted from Tory WhatsApp group
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Brexit minister Lord Frost’s late Saturday night resignation prompted frenzied reaction on social media including a lively row on a Conservative party Whatsapp group ending with culture secretary Nadine Dorries being ...
Met police officer sacked for using racial slur in WhatsApp message
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A Metropolitan police officer has been dismissed for using a racial slur in a mobile phone message to a colleague. The slur was revealed during an investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) regu...
WhatsApp criticised for plan to let messages disappear after 24 hours
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WhatsApp users are to be given the option to have their messages disappear after 24 hours, a change that drew immediate criticism from children’s charities. In a blog post announcing the change, WhatsApp, which has 2 ...
Legal woes mount for NSO after court rules WhatsApp lawsuit can proceed
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NSO Group’s legal problems have deepened after a US appeals court thoroughly rejected the Israeli spyware company’s claim that it ought to be protected under sovereign immunity laws, in a high-profile case involving W...
Evidence of ‘vulgar and sexist’ WhatsApp texts ignored, says ex-Met detective
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A retired Metropolitan police detective has accused both Priti Patel and Cressida Dick of ignoring evidence of “vulgar and sexist” WhatsApp group messages involving police contractors and police officers. Former Det S...