Police officers get jail terms over WhatsApp group featuring  Sarah Everard's killer

Former Metropolitan Police officer Joel Borders (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Two Metropolitan Police officers who shared “grossly offensive” messages in a WhatsApp group with Wayne Couzens have been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment – but granted bail ahead of an appeal.

Pc Jonathon Cobban, 35, and former Pc Joel Borders, 46, were members of a chat group called “Bottle and Stoppers” on the encrypted platform with Couzens, 49, before he murdered Sarah Everard.