Met Police officer accused of ‘farting in female colleague’s face’

A Met Police officer is facing a misconduct hearing after allegedly farting in a female officer’s face.

PCs Wayne Sansom and Ben Jeffries are accused of breaching standards of professional behaviour between 2020 and 2023.

A misconduct hearing will take place between June 23 and July 4.

It’s alleged that between 2020 and April 2023, PC Jeffries made multiple inappropriate and discourteous comments to multiple colleagues on various occasions.

‘These included sexual remarks and remarks that were motivated by race and sexuality,’ the force said.

PC Jeffries was also accused of taking an inappropriate image of himself on a female colleague’s phone, before sending an unsolicited inappropriate picture to the same colleague using WhatsApp.

Between 2020 and 2021, PC Sansom allegedly ‘made multiple inappropriate and discourteous comments to two colleagues’, including ‘comments about a female’s sexuality and inappropriate sexual remarks’.

He also allegedly ‘broke wind close to a female colleague’s face’ in November 2021.

The Met says the identity of victims and witnesses may be protected during the hearing.

The behaviour of PCs Sansom and Jeffries is alleged to amount to a breach of the standards of professional behaviour relating to discreditable conduct, authority, respect and courtesy, and equality and diversity.

If the allegations are proved as gross misconduct, the officers are at risk of being sacked.

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