UK police officers admit sharing murder victim photos online

Police officers standing guard outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Jaffer and Lewis admitted misconduct in a public office by entering a crime scene without authorisation, sending information about their attendance to members of the public and taking photographs of the crime scene. — AFP

LONDON: A judge warned two British police officers on Nov 2 they faced potentially lengthy jail terms after they admitted sharing crime scene photographs on WhatsApp of two murdered sisters.

The guilty pleas came after another serving officer with the Metropolitan Police was recently jailed for life for the kidnap, rape and murder of a woman earlier this year.