A POLICE officer who was forced out of Greater Manchester Police following an investigation into a 'racist' WhatsApp group has said he has been unfairly punished.
Ashley Feest resigned ahead of a disciplinary hearing which barred him from returning to policing and which concluded he would have been dismissed had he not already left. He admitted gross misconduct.
He was a member of a police WhatsApp group titled "The Dispensables' and subtitled 'the gods of north Manchester who risk their lives every day to f*** jobs off!
Racist and homophobic language was used in chat on the group which was said to be dominated by another officer, Pc Aaron Jones, who left the force in disgrace last year. Pc Feest was said to have referenced the illicit use of drugs on the group chat.
He had also shared a 'racist' meme about slavery and he was also found to be positive for steroids when he was subject to a random drugs test by the force, the hearing was told.
Another member of the group Pc Rebekah Kelly was dismissed without notice after the panel ruled she failed to challenge a vile racist slur her then boyfriend, Pc Jones, had made to her separately.
A third police officer, Pc Graham Atkinson, was handed a final written warning after the panel found he failed to challenge racist and homophobic comments on the group.
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