Met Police officer sacked for 'appalling' comments about Jewish people and non-Muslims

WARNING - OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE: Ruby Begum admitted during a constabulary misconduct proceeding that she utilized discriminatory connection portion serving arsenic a peculiar constable

A Met Police officer who posted "appalling" tweets astir Jewish radical and non-Muslims has been sacked aft she was recovered to person committed gross misconduct.

PC Ruby Begum admitted during a constabulary misconduct proceeding that she utilized discriminatory connection specified arsenic “dirty Zionists. Hell is waiting”, portion serving arsenic a peculiar constable. The 29-year-old besides admitted utilizing the word “kuffar” to notation to non-believers, utilizing a shortened mentation of Pakistani, and making arguable comments astir the September 11 2001 panic attacks.

Around 25,000 posts were made betwixt 2013 and 2019 nether the Twitter, present X, username @‌ruby_beee, the proceeding was told. Ms Begum denied gross misconduct and said her comments – which she agreed could beryllium deemed discriminatory – amounted to elemental misconduct and a last informing beryllium a capable outcome.

But the sheet said they recovered her posts “appalling”, “derogatory” and “abusive” and told the suspect her actions amounted to gross misconduct, which could spot her dismissed without notice.

Chairwoman Evis Samupfonda said: “(The posts) are derogatory and abusive, and besides amusement a deficiency of tolerance for others who bash not stock the aforesaid characteristics arsenic Ms Begum. It falls acold beneath the modular of nonrecreational behaviour for constabulary officers. Misconduct would not beryllium acold enough. (The tweets) are racist, discriminatory and intolerant.

“The panel’s determination is gross misconduct.” Ms Begum gained wide designation successful 2020 aft a photograph of her facing down anti-lockdown protesters successful London went viral. But successful 2021, a Mail On Sunday nonfiction revealed her arguable posts connected Twitter.

These included a bid of derogatory posts astir Jewish people, saying: “Dirty Zionists. Hell is waiting” and “Zionists person nary heart”. Ms Begum had antecedently told the sheet she had “transformed” arsenic a idiosyncratic since posting the tweets, adding: “I was silly. It was astir 10 years agone and I’ve developed a batch done the police.”

She aboriginal said: “It looks atrocious connected insubstantial and I tin spot however immature I was … I made a mistake which I’m atrocious for.” But the sheet told the proceeding they rejected her claims of immaturity arsenic “she was an big and a serving constabulary officer”.

They besides said Ms Begum underwent 2 rounds of equality and diverseness training, erstwhile successful 2014 erstwhile joining arsenic a peculiar constable and again successful 2016 erstwhile becoming a full-time constabulary constable. Ms Samupfonda said: “(Pc Begum) posted inappropriate comments aft undertaking repeated grooming successful equality and diversity. The past station was successful 2019. There is small uncertainty she breached the standards of nonrecreational behaviour expected for constabulary officers.

“And her behaviour continued portion a serving subordinate of the Metropolitan Police. The sheet is appalled by Pc Begum’s behaviour. She has shown a deficiency of empathy for members of the nationalist and her colleagues, and the tweets would undermine nationalist assurance successful the (Metropolitan Police).”

The sheet retired connected Wednesday day to see the due result of the hearing.