Nottingham Police Under Scrutiny for Insensitive WhatsApp Messages After Fatal Stabbings
The mother of a victim publicly condemns the language used by officers in a WhatsApp group, describing it as callous and traumatic.
- Emma Webber, mother of one of the Nottingham attack victims, criticizes police for their 'callous' descriptions of the crime in a WhatsApp group.
- The controversy arises from messages where officers described the victims as 'properly butchered' with 'innards out.'
- The officer responsible for the message received a management warning, while others face various disciplinary actions.
- Families of the victims express deep trauma and outrage over the insensitivity shown by the police handling of the case.
- Nottinghamshire Police are under investigation by the Independent Office for Police Conduct and the College of Policing.