Head of Met’s Black Police Association accused of sending offensive messages in group chat
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Charles Ehikioya was in chat where racist, misogynistic, homophobic and pornographic messages were shared, hearing told. The Metropolitan police’s Black Police Association head was part of a group chat where “racist” jokes about east Asian people and a video mocking Katie Price’s disabled son, Harvey, were shared, a misconduct hearing was told.
Insp Charles Ehikioya is accused of being in a chat with former officer Carlo Francisco where racist, misogynistic, homophobic and pornographic messages were sent. Ehikioya, who is the chair of the MBPA, could be sacked if the claims are proved – but he says they were fabricated or falsely attributed to him because of his race or position at the MBPA, it was heard.
In more than 7,000 messages between 2017 and 2020, the officer allegedly sent and received jokes, pictures and videos described by James Berry, representing the Met, as disgraceful and inappropriate. He is also accused of failing to report them. Ehikioya sent an image of the Playboy founder, Hugh Hefner, with the comment “message from the other side, tell the Muslims there’s no 72 virgins left”, a hearing at Palestra House in London was told on Tuesday.
Francisco allegedly sent a video of a man snorting white powder through a tube while wearing a mask of Harvey Price’s face, as the person filming says “Go on Harvey, yeah”. In 2023, Francisco was separately found guilty of gross misconduct over messages shared in another WhatsApp chat, including some about Harvey Price.
