Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were murdered by Danyal Hussein (Metropolitan Police/PA)
(Picture: PA Wire)The mother of two murdered sisters whose dead bodies were photographed and shared by police officers says she is willing to meet with one of them.
Instead, the officers took photographs of the bodies which were then shared with colleagues and friends on WhatsApp.
Mina Smallman, mother of the two victims, said she was “repulsed” by the behaviour but is willing to meet in person with Jaffer.
“I’m repulsed by them if I’m honest, and can’t wait to meet Jaffer”, she told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
She added: “He said he would like to meet with the family and I don’t believe he thought that that could happen but it will, because he said he wanted it to happen and I’m going to give him that invitation.”
The two officers were sentenced to two years and nine months in jail in December.
Ms Smallman accused the Met of having a “toxic” culture, adding that there’s “obviously a core that are abusing their powers”.
"The system, clearly is broken. There are things being allowed to happen within the police force," she added.
"There’s obviously a core that are abusing their powers and a culture that is toxic. Well we need to change that because the only people who benefit from that are the perpetrators."
A spokesperson for the Met Police said: “The actions of former PCs Jaffer and Lewis were utterly unprofessional, disrespectful and deeply insensitive.
“As soon as this matter came to light, action was taken to remind officers of their responsibilities in using WhatsApp and other social media channels.
“Local senior management spoke to officers on the command to outline what is expected of them in terms of their behaviour as well as encouraging anyone who has a concern about a colleague’s behaviour to come forward. This has subsequently been repeated across the whole Met.
“We’re working hard to raise standards in the Met and have commissioned an independent review by Baroness Louise Casey to examine our culture and standards of behaviour.
“The behaviour of Lewis and Jaffer initially came to light because someone had concerns and anonymously reported them. We encourage all our officers and staff, and members of the public, to report wrong-doing and we will act on those reports.”
On June 19 2020, the police watchdog received an anonymous “tip-off” about Lewis, and Jaffer was also arrested three days later.
A tribunal later found the officers had committed gross misconduct.
Lewis was dismissed from the Metropolitan Police immediately and Jaffer would have been sacked too, had he not already quit the force.
