Ex-Met Police officers admit sending racist WhatsApp messages including one about Meghan Markle

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Five former police officers have admitted sending grossly offensive racist messages, including one about the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle.The ex-Metropolitan Police cops pleaded guilty to sending the messages on WhatsApp at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday afternoon.Peter Booth, 66, of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, pleaded guilty to four counts of sending by public communication grossly offensive racist messages.

He retired from the Met in April 2001.Robert Lewis, 62, of Camberley, Surrey, admitted eight counts of sending by public communication grossly offensive racist messages.

He retired from the Met in May 2015 and became a Home Office official before he was dismissed for gross misconduct last November, according to the government department.Anthony Elsom, 67, of Bournemouth, Dorset, pleaded guilty to three counts of sending by public communication grossly offensive racist messages.

He retired from the Met in May 2012.Alan Hall, 65, of Stowmarket, Suffolk, entered guilty pleas to three counts of sending by public communication grossly offensive racist messages.