Met PC dismissed over abusive tweets

(BBC) A Metropolitan Police officer who posted abusive tweets about Jewish and non-Muslim people has been dismissed without notice.

Ruby Begum, 29, admitted to a police misconduct hearing she used language such as “dirty Zionists” while serving as a special constable but denied committing gross misconduct.

She also admitted using the term “kuffar” to refer to non-Muslims, and to making offensive comments about the September 11 terror attacks.

But the Met’s misconduct panel ruled she had committed gross misconduct and breached the standards of professional behaviour over equality and diversity.

About 25,000 posts were made on her account on Twitter — now X — between 2013 and 2019, the hearing was told.

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