Disciplinary tribunal finds two officers guilty over treatment of Bianca Williams and Ricardo dos Santos
Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos claimed the decision by officers to stop them and their subsequent treatment was because they are black.Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos claimed the decision by officers to stop them and their subsequent treatment was because they are black.officers who claimed to smell cannabis as they stopped and searched the athletes Bianca Williams and her partner, Ricardo dos Santos, lied and were guilty of gross misconduct, a police disciplinary panel has found.
The panel chair, Chiew Yin Jones, said they accepted that Dos Santos, who was regularly drug tested, did not take or possess drugs. Gross misconduct is serious enough to see the officers dismissed. Their punishment will be confirmed at a later date.