Katie Price celebrates ‘justice’ for son Harvey as Met cop sacked for racist messages
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Katie Price declared that ‘justice’ had been served after a Met police officer sent messages mocking her son, Harvey Price, over WhatsApp. In 2023, officer Carlo Francisco was found to have committed gross misconduct over messages shared in several group chats.
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Some of these included making fun of Harvey, 22, who is autistic, with vision-impairing septo-optic dysplasia and also Prader-Willi syndrome. Prader–Willi syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that causes slow development and a wide range of physical symptoms, such as learning difficulties and behavioural challenges.
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Some of Mr Francisco’s messages included a video suggesting that Harvey was on drugs. Then, this week, one of his colleagues was formally dismissed, also for gross misconduct, after his chat with Mr Francisco was exposed. A hearing at Palestra House in London on Friday found Inspector Charles Ehikioya, who was the full-time chairman of the Metropolitan Black Police Association, sent and received racist, sexist, and inappropriate texts with Mr Francisco.
He also failed to report them, the panel found. In more than 7,000 messages between 2017 and 2020, the officer was said to have sent and received jokes, pictures, and videos. After the hearing, Ms Price, 46, took to Instagram, sharing a screenshot of an article containing the update.
She wrote to her 2.7million followers: ‘Finally some justice for my son @officialmrharveyprice’. Ms Price previously spoke about the officers’ behaviour, telling Channel 5 News broadcaster Dan Walker that they should be ’embarrassed’ and ‘ashamed’.
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