Ricardo Dos Santos and his partner Bianca Williams said they were racially profiled during an encounter in July 2020.
Two Metropolitan Police officers involved in a stop-and-search of black athletes Bianca Williams and partner Ricardo Dos Santos were guilty of gross misconduct, a panel has found.
The police followed them as they drove to their west London home from training with their baby son, then three months old, in the back seat of their Mercedes.The couple were handcuffed and searched on suspicion of having drugs and weapons after they were pulled over outside their property, but nothing was found.
The panel heard they followed Mr Dos Santos in their police carrier because of the “appalling” and “suspicious” nature of his driving and were doing their duty when they conducted the stop and search.
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