Love Island contestant Mike Boateng has admitted lying to take a day off while serving in the police, but said he acted out of character after facing racism in his force.
The former Greater Manchester Police constable was not barred from serving as an officer at a misconduct hearing on Thursday after he claimed there were mitigating circumstances, including incidents such as being called a “gorilla” by a colleague, which led to him breaching standards.
Boateng, who wore a black suit, white shirt and black tie for the video conference hearing, admitted he had lied to his supervising officers when he returned from a holiday to New York on December 6 2018.
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