Police officers appear in court accused of taking ‘inappropriate’ photos of murder scene
PC Deniz Jaffer, 47, and PC Jamie Lewis, 32, are accused of entering a crime scene they had been assigned to protect and taking 'inappropriate' photos of two murdered sisters.
Ms Smallman, 27, and Ms Henry, 46, were found stabbed to death in a Wembley park in June.
PC’s Deniz Jaffer, 47, and Jamie Lewis, 32, today appeared in Westminster Magistrates’ Court. They were both suspended from duty following allegations they had taken “non-official and inappropriate photos” of the victims.
Each officer is accused of having “‘misconducted themselves in a way which amounted to an abuse of the public’s trust in the office holder by without authorisation, entering a crime scene he had been assigned to protect.”
Defence lawyer Luke Ponte said, “There is an indication to be given and it’s an indication of a guilty plea on behalf of both defendants.”
“They are sorry beyond measure for the pain that they have caused.”
PC Jamie Lewis arrives at The City of Westminster Magistrates Court on May 27, 2021 in London. Credit: Rob Pinney/Getty Images
Race played a role, says victims’ mother
The Rev Wilhelmina Smallman, the Church of England’s first female archdeacon from a black or minority ethnic background, and the mother of the sisters, said that the case had received far less attention than that of Sarah Everard, the thirty three year old who went missing in March.
Speaking to BBC R4’s Today programme in March, the Rev Smallman said, “‘I think the notion of “all people matter” is absolutely right but it is not true.”
“Other people have more kudos in this world than people of colour, so from my point of view, all women, women of colour, white women, all of us we are on the same journey.”
The trial continues.
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StandfirstPC Deniz Jaffer, 47, and PC Jamie Lewis, 32, are accused of entering a crime scene they had been assigned to protect and taking 'inappropriate' photos of two murdered sisters.
Ms Smallman, 27, and Ms Henry, 46, were found stabbed to death in a Wembley park in June.
PC’s Deniz Jaffer, 47, and Jamie Lewis, 32, today appeared in Westminster Magistrates’ Court. They were both suspended from duty following allegations they had taken “non-official and inappropriate photos” of the victims.
Each officer is accused of having “‘misconducted themselves in a way which amounted to an abuse of the public’s trust in the office holder by without authorisation, entering a crime scene he had been assigned to protect.”
Defence lawyer Luke Ponte said, “There is an indication to be given and it’s an indication of a guilty plea on behalf of both defendants.”
“They are sorry beyond measure for the pain that they have caused.”
PC Jamie Lewis arrives at The City of Westminster Magistrates Court on May 27, 2021 in London. Credit: Rob Pinney/Getty Images
Race played a role, says victims’ mother
The Rev Wilhelmina Smallman, the Church of England’s first female archdeacon from a black or minority ethnic background, and the mother of the sisters, said that the case had received far less attention than that of Sarah Everard, the thirty three year old who went missing in March.
Speaking to BBC R4’s Today programme in March, the Rev Smallman said, “‘I think the notion of “all people matter” is absolutely right but it is not true.”
“Other people have more kudos in this world than people of colour, so from my point of view, all women, women of colour, white women, all of us we are on the same journey.”
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