According to reports, a pair of British police have been charged with misconduct after taking selfies with the bodies of two sisters.
Kops Deniz Jaffer, 47, and Jamie Lewis, 32, were charged Wednesday for allegedly taking disgusting photos with the bodies of Biba Henry and Nicole Smallman killed last year. The Straits Times reported.
The incident is being investigated by the Independent Office for Police.
“These are very serious allegations and we thank the IOPC for making this work,” said Paul Bates, commander of the Directorate of Professional Standards.
“Our thoughts go out to the families of Biba and Nicole, as we recognize the new sorrow and pain that this development will bring,” Bates said. “We know that the public will share the resentment, but I would ask that now the judicial process has been given space to allow its course to run.”
The Metropolitan Police said that Henry, a 46-year-old social worker and a 27-year-old photographer, was found dead on June 6 in a park in Wembley for Henry’s birthday.
18-year-old Daniel Hussein is charged with the death of two sisters and is scheduled to hear two murder cases later this year.
The investigation was carried out after reports of “non-official and inappropriate photos” of two police officers who allegedly shared the deleted photos on WhatsApp, The Sun reported.
London’s director for the IOPC, Sal Naseem, said officials were “deeply concerned”.
Nassim said, “The public has the right to expect higher standards of professional behavior from the police.” “These allegations, if true, breach that trust and may point to more serious issues around the organizational structure, which we will also be looking into.”
The victims’ mother, Mina Smallman, told reporters last month, “It has taken our sorrow to another place,” said the Sun.
“If ever we get an example of how toxic it has become, those police officers felt so safe, so untouchable that they felt they could take pictures of dead black girls and send them,” Small said .
On May 27, both are going to face the police for the first hearing in the case.
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