Met cop sacked after farting in female officer's FACE & laughing when she refused to ‘pull my finger'
COP AXED Met cop sacked after farting in female officer's FACE & laughing when she refused to 'pull my finger'
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A MET cop has been sacked after farting in a female officer's face and laughing when she refused to "pull his finger".
PC Wayne Sansom is one of two officers who have been axed following gross misconduct.
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PC Sansom complained about the Romanians, referring to them as 'f***ing d***heads'"
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He asked a WPC to pull his finger at Wembley Police Station in northwest London on November 2021.
Fellow officer PC Ben Jeffries is said to have made "inappropriate and discourteous comments" to the same female officer.
Russell Ford, for the Met Police, previously told a hearing: "When she declined he passed wind in her face from around 10-15 cm away."
PC Sansom "agrees to the 'pull my finger' remark" but denied he actually broke wind.
Mr Ford added: "He fully accepts his attempt at humour was misplaced and inappropriate in a modern policing workplace.
"PC Sansom approached her and asked her to pull his finger, she knew what was intended and told him to move along.
"At this, PC Sansom turned his back, stood on his toes and passed wind in her face."
Mr Ford said the incident was "corroborated" by another female officer at the time.
He described how after he asked the PC to pull his finger, PC Sansom, in close proximity, turned away from her and "passed wind very loudly - then laughed out loud and walked away."
Mr Ford then referred to an occasion in mid-December 2021 when the female officer described assisting on a call-out involving "Romanian people who did not speak English" with PC Sansom.
He added: "Back in the writing room, PC Sansom complained about the Romanians, referring to them as 'f***ing d***heads'."
The female officer replied: "That's OK Wayne everyone knows you don't like Romanian people."
PC Sansom replied: "That's not true… I would put my d**k in you."
He was also accused of asking the female officer "questions about her sexuality" and "calling her a lesbian".
PC Sansom claims that he only asked the officer "once" about her sexuality after hearing rumours circulate about his colleague's personal life.
The hearing was told that Sansom was concerned that this could lead to her being "unfairly treated or talked about".
Meanwhile, Sutton Police Station heard how PC Jeffries made "discourteous remarks" to the same female officer about her sexuality.
PC Jeffries also took a picture of his testicles using the female officer's mobile phone at an Extinction Rebellion protest on 25 August 2021.
A nine-day hearing found that both officers had breached the standards of professional behaviour in relation to discreditable conduct, authority, respect and courtesy, and equality and diversity.
It was heard that on multiple occasions, dating back to 2020, the officers made racist, misogynistic, sexual and homophobic remarks to several colleagues while on duty.
Detective Chief Superintendent Luke Williams, who leads policing for the North West Command, said: 'The actions and comments made by both PC Jeffries and PC Samson were disgusting, wholly inappropriate and fell far below the standards expected of Met police officers. It is right they have been dismissed.
'I would encourage our staff to continue to report any wrongdoing so that we can take action.'
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