Police officer requested colleague to play ‘snog, marry, avoid’ recreation utilizing intercourse employee and suspect photographs | EUROtoday

Police officers performed a recreation of “snog, marry, avoid” utilizing photographs of suspects and intercourse staff, a tribunal has heard.

A feminine constable from Derbyshire Police confirmed colleagues photographs of girls of blended race and color and requested her Asian colleague whether or not he appreciated them.

The recreation was “crass and inappropriate” and forged nobody from Pear Tree station in Derby who participated in it in a very good gentle, the tribunal members mentioned.

Shafarat Mohammed, who stop as a police constable after simply 10 months, tried to sue Derbyshire police for discrimination and harassment over the sport and different incidences, making a string of claims he mentioned had been based mostly on his race and faith.

The tribunal dismissed his claims, saying they didn’t quantity to non secular discrimination and his written proof had a bent in direction of exaggeration and was “quite vague” in respect of lots of his claims.

The panel members added of their written judgement: “We found that the claimant rowed back on several of the strong assertions that he made in his witness statement when under cross-examination.”

They mentioned Mr Mohammed, who was of Pakistani heritage, exaggerated occasions “to put a retrospective discriminatory spin on them”.

The claimant mentioned that in May or June 2023, he was requested by a feminine PC, Kate Northridge, to have a look at images of “black female suspects” and touch upon whether or not he appreciated them.

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“The claimant was offended and embarrassed by the conversation and alleges the line of questioning was inappropriate and racially motivated,” the tribunal mentioned.

Members mentioned the well mannered title of the sport was “snog, marry, avoid”.

But it was agreed that PC Northridge confirmed images of feminine intercourse staff of assorted ethnicities – Black, Asian, and white.

The claimant alleged that PC Northridge requested questions on one particular {photograph}, asking him what he appreciated about her.

The panel concluded: “The ‘game’ was crass and inappropriate. It casts no one who participated in it in a good light.”

It was attainable that the conduct might represent harassment of a sexual nature however no such declare was made, they mentioned.

“We find that the claimant’s inconsistency on the colour of the sex workers whose pictures he was shown (he alleged they were all black, only to agree that they were of mixed race and colour) undermines his credibility on the point about being directed to a picture of a Black sex worker and asked a question about her.

“We find that that part of the claimant’s allegation is not credible,” the tribunal dominated, however members agreed that the questions had been inappropriate.

Mr Mohammed’s different claims included one other feminine colleague, Abigail Lynam, saying: “Shaf, you’re s***.”

The panel agreed that witnesses for the police pressure mentioned that PC Lynam may very well be abrupt with colleagues, regardless of their color, ethnicity, or different protected traits.

He additionally claimed he was excluded from social occasions and sandwich runs. But his proof was inconsistent, the members mentioned.

“As with many of the claimant’s allegations, there was an element of truth in the allegation that quickly evaporated under cross-examination and/or the more credible evidence of the respondent’s witnesses,” the tribunal concluded.