The officer shared the message in a private WhatsApp group with other former Met Police colleagues.
Michael Chadwell is due to be sentenced later today A former Metropolitan Police officer has been convicted of sending a grossly offensive racist message. Michael Chadwell, 62, from Liss in Hampshire, denied a single count of sending by public communication a grossly offensive racist message – but was convicted today. Chadwell shared the post with other former Met officers in a private Whatsapp group on September 28 last year, City of London Magistrates’ Court heard.
Text on the images said: ‘Why do we cherish the variety of colour in every species… but our own?’ – underneath which a comment in response said ‘because I have never had a bike stolen out of my front yard by a parrot’. District Judge Tan Ikram said: ‘He thought it was funny but it was grossly offensive and he was aware of that at the time, that is why I find the defendant guilty of this offence.
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