Three Met Police officers have been sacked after they were filmed calling for immigrants to be shot, bragged about stomping on detainees and shrugged off rape allegations.
Sgt Joseph McIlvenny, PC Martin Borg and PC Phillip Neilson each faced a fast-track misconduct hearing on Thursday, 23 October.
Footage gathered undercover for a Panorama documentary shows one officer, PC Phil Neilson, while off duty referring to an immigrant who had overstayed his visa. He says: ‘Either put a bullet through his head or deport him.
‘And the ones that shag women, rape women, you do the cock and let them bleed out.’
While off duty drinking at a pub, he also tells the undercover reporter Rory Bibb that Algerians and Somalians are ‘scum’, and makes reference to there being an invasion of the UK by migrants.
‘I think any foreign person is the worst to deal with,’ he said.
‘I’ve seen too many Islamics (sic) committing crimes. Their way of life is not the correct way of life.
‘You do find that the ones that are causing the most crime are Muslim.’
PC Martin Borg brags about a colleague stamping on a detainee’s leg, and laughs about the suspect screaming.
He also appears to say he offered to fill in a false witness statement about the incident.
PC Borg was filmed saying that Muslims ‘hate us’, and that ‘Islam is a problem’.
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In a separate incident, Sergeant Joe McIlvenny made comments about a woman who had been arrested while wearing a fancy dress police outfit.
He also made offensive sexualised comments about a woman he had met online, and turned conversations to sex while at work, and appeared to dismiss a victim’s claim that her abusive partner had kicked her in the stomach while pregnant, and another who alleged they had been raped.
One clip shows a detention officer talking to a PC about a man in custody accused of rape and domestic abuse.
Speaking to McIlvenny, who authorised the suspect’s release on bail, the detention officer says, ‘he’s a nasty piece of work apparently’, adding that the man’s victim was pregnant and he ‘tried to kill the baby’ by stamping on her stomach.
McIlvenny simply replies: ‘That’s what she says.’
The female detention officer is then seen venting to the undercover reporter about the encounter, saying: ‘The way he went “Yeah, it’s what she says”… he f***ing stamped on her stomach while she’s pregnant.
‘Like, don’t. F*** off. I’d like to turn around and go, “You w***er. You’re a w***er.” But unfortunately, I can’t, he’s got stripes on his shoulders.’
Allegations against all three, that they breached standards of professional behaviour for authority, respect and courtesy, discreditable conduct and equality and diversity, were proven and they were dismissed without notice.
They will also be added to the Barred List held by the College of Policing to prevent them re-joining the police or being employed by other related bodies.
Commander Simon Messinger said: ‘Following the shocking and appalling behaviour shown on Panorama we were extremely clear where there was incontrovertible evidence we would hold misconduct hearings at the very earliest opportunity. It has seen three officers dismissed today for their disgraceful conduct.
‘We have kept to our word and are grateful to the Independent Office for Police Conduct for their swift enquiries and decision-making that meant hearings could start today. More will be held over the next week.
‘We have since replaced the custody team at Charing Cross, made changes to local leadership and wider work continues to identify any other areas of concern in detention teams across the Met. We are unrelenting in our drive to achieve the highest of standards across the Met.’
The Prime Minister has described the behaviour of Metropolitan Police officers who were secretly filmed making racist and sexist comments as ‘shocking’.
Further accelerated misconduct hearings for five serving officers and a former officer will be held on Friday, 24 October and Tuesday, 28 October.
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