Met boss ousted ‘because crime victims have lost faith in police'

CRESSIDA DICK was ousted because crime victims are not coming forward out of lack of faith in the police and the Met leadership “hasn’t got a plan” to deal with the racism and sexism blighting the force, Sadiq Khan said today.

- Martin Bentham

The London Mayor said he had lost confidence in Dame Cressida after the disclosure of “disgusting” WhatsApp messages exchanged by officers at Charing Cross police station involving jokes about killing black children, the Holocaust, rape and beating women.

He denied issuing an ultimatum to her to sack the officers involved and attacked the officers behind a Met Police Taskforce Twitter account who had retweeted what he said was this “misleading” claim.

But during an at times emotional appearance on LBC radio, Mr Khan said that he had lost faith in the ability of the Met’s leadership to root out the racism, sexism and other “prejudices” blighting the force. He added that victims were not coming forward as a result.