A pair of vile dad and daughter cops who exchanged racist messages and mocked disabled and gay people have been pictured for the first time.
Annie and Craig Napier sent the “highly derogatory and offensive” messages on WhatsApp. During their disgraced exchanges, they also mocked crime victims and colleagues while working for West Midlands Police.
A misconduct panel heard how the pair used a degrading term to refer to someone with Down’s syndrome and even referred to a child’s death as “trampy”. As reported in the Mirror, the panel heard how the father used a racist slur to describe Black mental health workers while the daughter joked about protesters being run over.
She also suggested that a fellow cop should be “fly kicked in the face”. The vile relatives have been pictured for the first time since their horrific communications came to light.
A disciplinary panel found them both to have breached standards of professional behaviour, which amounted to “serious” gross misconduct. The ex-cops, based in separate departments, sent the “repulsive” messages between April 21, 2020, and May 26, 2021. According to the panel, the father was said to be the “main instigator”.
The dad detailed one crime as a “crappy p***** up s*** rape scene” and referred to a colleague as a “cheeky ****” in messages to his daughter. They both quit their roles but would have been dismissed if they were still serving, accelerated misconduct hearings were told.
Many of the messages were “hostile and discriminatory on the grounds of disability, race, nationality, gender and sexual orientation.” None message sent by the dad included a modified version of the West Midlands Police emblem which contained the phrase “FSU – Shovelling s*** since 2016”.
In one exchange at a crime scene, the daughter said: “Is she mangled?” The dad replied: “She’s face down, so can’t see a lot of blood around her head.” The daughter then wrote: “Oooo! You think it’s murder?” Her dad said: “Who knows and dares to dream. I’ll let you know when I know, babe.” When the dad was at the scene of a child’s death, his daughter sent him a message which read: “Yeah I heard about it not good, is it trampy?”
During a protest, the dad sent a message which said: “No, still stuck on the Walsgrave Road behind around 50 now. The f****** slags keep lying down on the road but the gaffer won’t let us get out and baton them.” The daughter replied, “Drive them over”.
When discussing a retired female officer who returned to work in a police staff role, the dad said: “They want you to wear a lesbian suit like most of them do. Ignore the c*** and carry on with what you are doing.” The daughter replied: “Does she want me to f****** fly kick her in the face? The only dirt I’ll get on my dress is her f****** blood.” The dad later commented on the female employee and said: “Old, ugly and jealous. It’s embarrassing.”
Both resigned earlier this year and neither has offered an apology for their actions. Evidence presented during two separate hearings in November indicated that both officers held “deeply ingrained hostility” towards others.
Back in 2020, a man admitted spitting blood into Ms Napier’s eye after his arrest at a block of flats in Coventry. Temisan Oritsejafor, 41, pleaded guilty to the “vulgar and unacceptable” act and was later jailed for eight months.
PC Napier suffered no ill effects from the attack, which was captured on a body-worn camera.
Speaking after the attack, she said: “As front-line officers, we know that we put ourselves in potential danger, but we now face the added risk of Covid-19 infection, which then also puts our families at risk. It’s a shock when someone spits in your face and very unpleasant, so I’m pleased the force and the courts take these assaults so seriously.”
Supt Jenny Skryme added: “It is vulgar and unacceptable to spit at anybody, but even more so a key worker who is putting themselves at risk to keep people safe and catch criminals. Our officers are bravely and repeatedly on the front line despite the understandable safety concerns across the country. This type of assault on our staff is deplorable and shouldn’t, and won’t, be tolerated.”
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