LONDON: A Metropolitan Police officer at Charing Cross police station in London has been sacked for gross misconduct after being secretly recorded in a BBC Panorama undercover investigation making racist comments and endorsing inappropriate force.
Philip Neilson was dismissed with immediate effect on Thursday after a Met hearing upheld three allegations against him, including making “highly racist and discriminatory remarks” about different ethnic groups.
Neilson was recorded by BBC undercover reporter Rory Bibb describing an “invasion” of “scum” from the Middle East, and making offensive remarks about individuals from Algeria and Somalia.
He is the first of 10 current or former officers to face a hearing as part of the Met Police’s accelerated misconduct proceedings regarding footage recorded during the Panorama investigation, according to the BBC.
The first allegation against Neilson involved glorifying the use of inappropriate force against a restrained detainee and promoting unlawful violence against migrants.
