'Role model' PC who mocked 9/11 and said 'dirty Zionists' sacked from Met Police

Ruby Begum during anti-lockdown demonstrations (Image: YouTube)

A serving constabulary serviceman accused of having links to an ISIS jihadist, who posted a bid of racist comments connected societal media, has been dismissed without announcement pursuing a misconduct hearing.

PC Ruby Begum was praised arsenic a relation exemplary successful 2020 for confronting anti-lockdown protesters portion wearing a hijab, portion serving successful the Met Police’s Taskforce.

However, her vocation was contiguous successful ruins aft a misconduct sheet recovered her liable for posting a bid of derogatory tweets astir Jews and which mocked the 9/11 panic attacks earlier she joined the force, initially arsenic a peculiar constable successful 2014.

She utilized violative connection specified arsenic “dirty Zionists. Hell is waiting” portion serving arsenic a peculiar constable.

She besides admitted utilizing the word “kuffar” to notation to non-believers, saying: “Kuffar lips person been each implicit my mug, determination is nary mode I’m utilizing that happening again.”

Begum apologised during the proceeding but argued she should not beryllium dismissed arsenic she was referring to the Israeli authorities and the deaths of Palestinians.

Yet, the sheet recovered her to person breached the standards of nonrecreational behaviour with regards to discreditable behaviour and equality and diverseness astatine the level of gross misconduct.

A abstracted allegation that during the constabulary vetting process she "failed to disclose her relation with a pistillate Jihadi surviving wrong the Islamic State caliphate successful Syria" on with an "alleged involvement successful the teachings of extremist preachers" was dropped owed to deficiency of grounds up of the case.

She was dismissed without announcement pursuing the decision of the proceeding today, Wednesday, October 23.

Chief Superintendent Colin Wingrove, successful complaint of the Met’s Taskforce, said: “There is perfectly nary spot wrong the Met for anyone with racist oregon different hateful attitudes.

“Our divers workforce, made up of radical from a scope of backgrounds, makes america amended capable to bespeak and service the public. We are moving hard to physique a civilization wherever anyone tin consciousness invited and thrive.

PC Begum was praised for her actions successful 2020 (Image: YouTube)

“Those who undermine these goals person nary spot successful the organisation. They are not suitable to service Londoners and volition consciousness the consequences.

"The overwhelming bulk of officers successful the Met marque a fantastic publication to policing London, but we tin lone rebuild spot and proceed to present the alteration that is needed by taking action, arsenic we person today, to region those wrong our ranks who bash not stock our values.”

PC Begum joined the Met arsenic a Special Constable successful May 2014 and became a PC successful July 2016.

The misconduct proceeding panel, led by an autarkic legally qualified chair, examined allegations that betwixt 2013 and 2019 PC Begum posted a fig of discriminatory and violative comments connected her Twitter account.

The posts remained disposable connected her relationship aft she became a Special Constable and aboriginal a PC.

On August 6, 2021, aft receiving accusation from the Mail connected Sunday, the Met’s Directorate of Professional Standards conducted a ceremonial appraisal and determined that a behaviour substance should beryllium recorded against PC Begum.

She was notified of the probe and was initially placed connected restricted duties. On August 9, 2022, she was suspended from duty.

The Met made a voluntary referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct, which determined that the substance should beryllium investigated locally.

Following an investigation, which included officers reviewing 25,000 of PC Begum’s Tweets, it was determined that she had a lawsuit to reply for gross misconduct.

Following the hearing, PC Begum volition present beryllium placed connected the barred database held by the College of Policing. Those appearing connected the database cannot beryllium employed by police, section policing bodies (PCCs), the Independent Office for Police Conduct oregon His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services.