Met police officers get their jobs back after being fired over stop and search of athletes – Channel 4 News

Two former Metropolitan Police officers have been given their jobs back – after winning an appeal against their dismissal following the stop and search of two athletes.

Jonathan Clapham and Sam Franks were fired last October after a disciplinary panel said they lied about smelling cannabis during their search for Olympic sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos and his partner Bianca Williams.

The Police Appeals Tribunal called the ruling ‘irrational and inconsistent’.

Mr Dos Santos said he and Ms Williams would challenge today’s decision.