Met police officers found guilty of sending 'grossly offensive' texts in WhatsApp group with Sarah Everard's killer

Serving Metropolitan police officer Jonathon Cobban arriving at Westminster Magistrates' Court, London, where he is charged with sharing "grossly offensive" WhatsApp messages with Sarah Everard murderer Wayne Couzens. Picture date: Thursday July 28, 2022.

A judge branded comments made by a serving Metropolitan Police officer and a former constable “sickening” and “abhorrent” as they were convicted of sending grossly offensive messages in a WhatsApp group with Sarah Everard’s killer.

Constables William Neville, 34, and Jonathon Cobban, 35, and former Pc Joel Borders, 45, were members of the chat called “Bottle and Stoppers” along with Wayne Couzens.