There is more work to be done. Images had been shared on a WhatsApp group and a further six officers were investigated for failing to either challenge or report this. Jaffer resigned from the Met in August, whilst Lewis was sacked by a disciplinary tribunal. Speaking to the BBC, Mrs Smallman, the former Archdeacon of Southend, said the pictures "dehumanised" her children. The unnamed officers were arrested by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) on 22 June and have since been bailed. The officers had been assigned to protect the scene in Wembley's Fryent County Park after sisters Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, were found dead in bushes. Two police officers have been charged after allegedly taking photographs of the bodies of two sisters who were stabbed to death in a park. "I knew instantly why they didn't care. Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, were found dead in bushes in Fryent Country Park in Wembley Park, northwest London, last year. The sisters had met friends in the park at about 19:00 BST on 5 June to celebrate Ms Henry's birthday. Too little too late.". Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were found dead in a park in Wembley in June (Metropolitan Police/PA) Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Economic Equity & Racial Justice Townhall Series, Elevate Black Podcast sponsored by Fifth Third Bank, 100 Founders of Change by American Express, Chasing Success Podcast by JP Morgan Chase, Black Business Month Sponsored by Nationwide, 2022 Registry Of Corporate Directors Listing, 2021 BE Registry Of Corporate Directors Listing, given a life sentence with a minimum term of 35 years. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today. When expanded it provides a list of search options that will switch the search inputs to match the current selection. Read about our approach to external linking. She has not spoken into this story at all. [24][25] He told police he had Asperger syndrome and memory problems and refused to answer questions. Detectives believe the killer received injuries in the attack "which caused significant bleeding". Joel Smith, prosecuting, told the Old Bailey: The bodies of the women would not have been visible from the path adjacent to the large bush where they were found. The mother of two sisters murdered in Wembley has called on the Metropolitan Police to "get the rot out once and for all " after officers took photos of their bodies and shared them on WhatsApp. The Old Bailey in London heard that instead they took photos, some showing the bodies, and shared them in two WhatsApp groups, calling the victims dead birds. url: 'police,officers,who,took,photos,of,bibaa,henry,and,nicole,smallmans,bodies,fired,from,force', Too little too late. The officers had been assigned to protect the scene after sisters Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, were found dead in bushes in Fryent Country Park in Wembley, north London. Two Metropolitan police officers who dehumanised two black murder victims for their own amusement by taking and sharing photos from the scene where they lay murdered have each been jailed for two years and nine months. Their actions helped the defence of the murderer of the two women, Danyal Hussein, whose defence team tried to claim possible contamination by the two officers entering the crime scene. And the pandemic has brought new challenges and presented sick perpetrators with new opportunities as more people stayed at home and went online". Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, who were stabbed to death by Danyal Hussein at a park in London. The most important thing [is], because of the sentencing, we are part of the change thats going to come in the culture of the police force.. "[12], Hussein suffered a cut to his hand during his crimes. I knew instantly why they didnt care, Ms Smallman, who is the Church of Englands first female archdeacon of black and minority ethnic descent, told the BBC in an interview. aid: '762962', [7][8], The mother of the two victims Mina Smallman called on the Metropolitan Police Chief Cressida Dick to resign over the way the case was handled. Putting names to archive photos, The children left behind in Cuba's mass exodus, In photos: India's disappearing single-screen cinemas. The bodies of sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were discovered in a park in north London last June. Murder of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman. Last week, Satanist Danyal Hussein, 19, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 35 years for murdering Ms Henry and Ms Smallman. Do you know this baby? }); EVENTS The court heard the actions of the two officers amounted to a gross breach of trust, stripped the two women of dignity in death and intensified the agony of their mother and their family, some of whom served in the Met. "Their thoughtless and insensitive actions have no doubt caused immeasurable further distress and pain to the heartbroken family and friends of Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry who were already left reeling from the loss of their loved ones," Mr Goddard added. Registry of Corporate Directors. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Both the Sheffield and the Hastings campaigns predated the disappearance of Sarah Everard as she walked home in London. INFORMATION "Our thoughts remain with them at this very difficult time.". More than 1,000 exhibits including property belonging to Ms Smallman and Ms Henry have been recovered and hours of CCTV collected, the Met said. The IOPC is also separately investigating how the Met handled calls from worried family and friends of the sisters after they went missing. Ms Smallman said: All I remember is letting out a howl that came from the core of my soul. Det Ch Insp Simon Harding, said: "Given the significance of this development, we visited the family in person today to inform them of the arrest. Mother of murdered sisters says Met Police must 'get the rot out once and for all' after officers admit sharing photos of bodies, Bibaa Henry (L) and Nicole Smallman, in a photo from Ms Henry's phone in Fryent Country Park, PCs Deniz Jaffer (left) and Jamie Lewis arriving for their trial, Mina Smallman, the sisters' mother, arrives at the Old Bailey in London for the hearing, Bibaa Henry (left) and Nicole Smallman were found dead in Wembley, north London last year, Danyal Hussein, 19, was found guilty of the murders, Court artist sketch of Danyal Hussein (centre) appearing in the dock at the Old Bailey, jailed for life with a minimum term of 35 years, separate inquiry into how the Met handled calls. Mina Smallman has complained about the Met's initial response - saying she had to organise a search for her daughters. When he needed treatment for it the next day, he claimed he had been mugged. While each incident was different, they served to frame a wider picture of the tackling of violence against women in London and in the UK more widely. Mrs Smallman said she was told the photos showed the girls' faces and she fears the images will appear on the internet. Once again the Metropolitan Police's handling of these hateful . The police did not instantly react when the two sisters were first reported missing due to officers making assumptions based on the race and class of her daughters, she said. "This has taken our grief to another place," she said. Most read in The US Sun. Mina Smallman, the mother of the deceased sisters, vented her frustrations about the Metropolitan Polices initial response and explained she had to take it upon herself to arrange a search operation for her daughters. "They were nothing to them and what's worse, they sent them on to members of the public," she said. Murder of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, Cressida Dick said she was "disgusted" with the allegations, Harry: I always felt different to rest of family, Inside the enclave surrounded by pro-Russia forces, US-made cheese can be called 'gruyere' - court, Why Alex Murdaugh was spared the death penalty, Why Trudeau is facing calls for a public inquiry. The CPS said it had authorised the charges following a review of a file of evidence from the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). She believed police racism was a factor in the Mets initial bungling of the search for her daughters when they were reported missing. The tragic cases of Sarah Everard, Julia James, Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman touched us all. [6][50][51] The vigil at Fryent Country Park on 3 August 2021 organised by Reclaim These Streets (the same group who organised the vigil for Sarah Everard), was attended by Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Dawn Butler, David Lammy and other notable figures. 2023 BBC. }); window.tude = window.tude || { cmd: [] }; The tribunal - which neither of the men attended - ruled that the two officers breached six established police standards, including confidentiality and honesty and integrity, as well as authority, respect and courtesy. Police shared photos of dead bodies. Post-mortem tests revealed they died from . tude.cmd.push(function() { kw: 'mandc,bibaa-henry,crime,nicole-smallman', Last month, Hussein was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 35 years. baseDivId: 'pb-slot-right-1', Lewis, who did not use the term himself, replied: "Exactly.". On Wednesday the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced that Police Constable Deniz Jaffer, 47, and Police Constable Jamie Lewis, 32, had been charged with misconduct in public office. Their family has been told in person about the arrest, the Met said. The Met Police would not comment specifically on allegations the search had been too slow to get under way, but in a statement released on Thursday said: As a result of their murder, a mandatory referral was made to the IOPC by officers from the Directorate of Professional Standards to consider the actions of police between the time a number of reports were made to police by family and friends that Bibaa and Nicole were missing and the time they were found., The IOPC have taken the decision to independently investigate, and the MPS is providing full support to that investigation.. Nicola Bulley's disappearance is just one in a long line of missing women cases in the last few months and years. Mina Smallman, mother of the murdered sisters said in a victim impact statement, "It made me think of the lynchings in the Deep South of USA where you would see smiling faces around a hanging dead body. subcat: '', Masthead. The former archdeacon of Southend said the pictures dehumanised her children, adding: They were nothing to them and whats worse, they sent them on to members of the public., Ms Smallman added: If ever we needed an example of how toxic it has become, those police officers felt so safe, so untouchable, that they felt they could take photographs of dead black girls and send them on. baseDivId: 'pb-slot-right-1', Sales Partnership Solutions He did not care what he had to do to get what he wanted, and these two women were nothing more than a means to a very disturbing end. Sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were killed last June. [19], Hussein was a viewer of videos by Utah-based Matthew Lawrence, also known as E. A. Koetting, a jailed member of the Satanist Order of Nine Angles. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. "What former PC Jaffer and PC Lewis chose to do that day was utterly unprofessional, disrespectful and deeply insensitive. Mina Smallman has complained about the Met's initial response - saying she had to organise a search . What science tells us about the afterlife. Two police officers plead guilty to taking and. Met Police chief 'disgusted' at murder photo share, PCs suspended over photos of double murder scene. [55] A local councillor for Brent who leads the borough's community safety also criticised the Met, telling the Brent & Kilburn Times that an apology is "no substitute for action. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [6] Their killings occurred whilst the UK was in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] He pleaded not guilty at the Old Bailey on 11 March 2021. Extensive forensic work has finished at the park but smaller searches in outer areas continue, police said. Their bodies were discovered by. Forensic officers have since been searching a large area of the park including a pond and have trawled through hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rubbish that was accidently cleared from the scene. "[29], Hussein was convicted of both murders on 6 July 2021. Detectives believe the killer received injuries in the attack "which caused significant bleeding". } [34] Lewis was dismissed from the police, while Jaffer had already resigned. aid: '762962', It will only add to the heartache of the family. 2023 BBC. The IOPC said the pictures were allegedly "shared with a small number of others", adding the Met was "handling matters involving those members of the public who may have received those images". The hearing was also told that Lewis separately "responded with approval" to another officer who stated he was going to be posted to a new location which had fewer Asian people in, whom he referred to as "P****". Ball said she was disappointed that Lewis had not given any reason for what he did and that both police officers had behaved in a hurtful and dishonest way. aid: '762962', Post-mortem tests revealed they died from multiple stab wounds. ]); Mina Smallman has complained about the Met's initial response - saying she had to organise a search for her daughters. Detectives believe they were killed by a stranger who repeatedly stabbed them in the early hours of 6 June - their bodies were not found until the following day. [2][20], From October 2017 to May 2018, he was monitored by the Prevent strategy when at 15, he accessed far-right material on computers at Thomas Tallis School. page_type: 'article', They didn't care because they looked at my daughter's address and thought they knew who she was. The pair have already been warned they face "lengthy" jail terms when they are sentenced next month for misconduct in a public office. Examples of train season ticket increases, Storybook inspired by toy poodles' adventures on Hampstead Heath, Arteta hails loudest and most emotional moment after 97th minute winner bedlam, Merton Police prevent house party in Morden with 100 youths attending, Merton Police prevent very large house party in Morden with 100 youths attending, Street fighting in Bakhmut but Russia not in control, Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore dies at 61, Alex Murdaugh's legal troubles are far from over, 'The nurses wanted me to feel guilty about my abortion, From Afghan TV fame to a US factory floor. divId: 'div-gpt-ad-rightrail-2', Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry were stabbed to death at a park in Wembley earlier this month. Henry, Smallman, and friends had been celebrating Henry's birthday by hosting a picnic in Fryent Country Park on the evening of 5 June 2020. For more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel. The unnamed officers were arrested by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) on 22 June and have since been bailed. Bibaa was born in 1974 and at the time of her passage she was 46 years old while Nicole Smallman was born in 1994 and she was 27 years old. Lewis was dismissed from the Metropolitan Police at the pair's misconduct hearing, while Jaffer was told he would have been dismissed if he was still serving. Examples of train season ticket increases, Storybook inspired by toy poodles' adventures on Hampstead Heath, Arteta hails loudest and most emotional moment after 97th minute winner bedlam, Merton Police prevent house party in Morden with 100 youths attending, Merton Police prevent very large house party in Morden with 100 youths attending, China looks at reforms to deepen Xi's control, Street fighting in Bakhmut but Russia not in control, Inside the enclave surrounded by pro-Russia forces, 'The nurses wanted me to feel guilty about my abortion, From Afghan TV fame to a US factory floor. The group had been in an area of Fryent Gardens which was about a five-minute walk from the Valley Drive entrance. Farah Naz, aunt of murdered aspiring lawyer Zara Aleena called for reforms to tackle male violence as she joined a march organised by Million Women Rise through London on Saturday, Photo by Rob Pinney/Getty Images What's the least amount of exercise we can get away with? tude.refreshAdsViaDivMappings([ { Do you know this baby? cat: 'news', ]); Sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were killed in a vicious stabbing in 2020. . Murder of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, Cressida Dick said she was "disgusted" with the allegations, Harry: I always felt different to rest of family, US-made cheese can be called 'gruyere' - court, AOC under investigation for Met Gala dress, Alex Murdaugh's legal troubles are far from over, Mbappe breaks PSG goal record in win over Nantes, Walkie Talkie architect Rafael Violy dies aged 78. He had taken it upon himself to go back to the place where the sisters had last been spotted. What science tells us about the afterlife. She said news of the officers alleged activity regarding the photographs had further compounded her agony. baseDivId: 'pb-slot-right-1', Mother of murdered Wembley sisters speaks out after officers jailed for taking photos of their bodies, Police officers who shared WhatsApp photos of murdered sisters' bodies referred to women as 'dead birds', Danyal Hussein jailed for murdering sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman in Wembley park after 'pact with demon', Mrs Smallman told reporters: "She has not contacted us to say 'I am really sorry'. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry had been celebrating Ms Henry's birthday before they were reported missing, Nicole Smallman's body was found by her boyfriend after she was reported missing, Images recovered from their phones - which were found in a pond - showed the sisters dancing with fairy lights hours before they were killed. Their actions are shameful.". During Hussein's trial, Mrs Justice Whipple had banned reporting of details about the behaviour of Jaffer and Lewis, who were referred to only as Pc 1 and Pc 2. For more London news follow on Facebook, on Twitter, on Instagram and subscribe to our YouTube channel. Examples of train season ticket increases, Storybook inspired by toy poodles' adventures on Hampstead Heath, Arteta hails loudest and most emotional moment after 97th minute winner bedlam, Merton Police prevent house party in Morden with 100 youths attending, Merton Police prevent very large house party in Morden with 100 youths attending, Street fighting in Bakhmut but Russia not in control, Saving Private Ryan actor Tom Sizemore dies at 61, Alex Murdaugh's legal troubles are far from over, 'The nurses wanted me to feel guilty about my abortion, From Afghan TV fame to a US factory floor. The sentencing followed a criminal trial in which the two pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office after the Guardian last year revealed the scandal that rocked Britains largest force. It speaks volumes of the ethos that runs through the Metropolitan Police.. env: 'prod', One a group called the A team contained 41 police officers and the other contained friends of Jaffer and was entitled Covid cunts. 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[1] [2] The reporting and investigation of their killings provoked widespread discussion of women's safety, police misconduct and systemic racism. Mina Smallman: "Those police officers dehumanised our children". The bodies of Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, were found at Fryent Gardens in Wembley on 7 June, two days after a birthday party in the park. }).render('3811c1c9bba941ecb6c4a456cf0ac0f7'); PC Jamie Lewis and PC Deniz Jaffer both referred to the women as "dead birds", the misconduct hearing was told. Mrs Smallman said she had coordinated a search operation on weekend her daughters died and it was Nicole's boyfriend, Adam, who found the sisters' bodies and the murder weapon. The group had been in an area of Fryent Gardens which was about a five-minute walk from the Valley Drive entrance. Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry had been celebrating Ms Henry's birthday before they were reported missing, Images recovered from their phones - which were found in a pond - showed the sisters dancing with fairy lights hours before they were killed, Extensive forensic work in the park has concluded, though smaller searches will continue, Nicole Smallman's body was found by her boyfriend after she was reported missing. Meanwhile, Jaffer sent photos of the victims to three friends on WhatsApp. Danyal Hussein was jailed for a minimum of 35 years after murdering sisters Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, in 2020. . Both were aware of the others actions and sent images to the other and failed to challenge or report such actions. The IOPC said the pictures were allegedly "shared with a small number of others", adding the Met was "handling matters involving those members of the public who may have received those images". "[39], Mina Smallman has since worked to raise awareness of the misconduct of the police[40] and failures in the investigation of her daughters' deaths. Lewis was dismissed from the Metropolitan Police at the pair's misconduct hearing, while Jaffer was told he would have been dismissed if he was still serving. [14] The level of service provided by the police force to the family was found to be "unacceptable". [2] In October 2021 Mrs Justice Whipple sentenced him to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 35 years. [1][2] The reporting and investigation of their killings provoked widespread discussion of women's safety, police misconduct and systemic racism. The police watchdog is also separately investigating how the Met handled calls from worried family and friends of the sisters after they went missing. Entrepreneurs Summit Detectives believe they were killed by a stranger who repeatedly stabbed them in the early hours of 6 June - their bodies were not found until the following day. Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46. said the pictures "dehumanised" her children. The police watchdog is also separately investigating how the Met handled calls from worried family and friends of the sisters after they went missing. What science tells us about the afterlife. Two police officers have been charged after allegedly taking photographs of the bodies of two sisters who were stabbed to death in a . [47], The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) carried out a separate inquiry into how calls from worried relatives and friends were handled by the police. ", Jaffer then sent a message in a WhatsApp group saying: "I'm here now I'll try to take pictures of the dead birds. Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46. said the pictures "dehumanised" her children. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. I deeply regret that at a time when they were grieving the loss of their loved ones who were taken in such awful circumstances, they faced additional distress caused by the actions of two police officers," she said. Those police officers felt so safe, so untouchable that they felt they would take photographs with our murdered daughters. The arrested man from south-London was taken into custody where he remains. Pics : Met Police, Bibaa Henry (L) and Nicole Smallman, in a photo from Ms Henry's phone, in Fryent Country Park, Deniz Jaffer and Jamie Lewis at their misconduct in a public office trial, Danyal Hussein killed the sisters after believing he had made a blood pact with a demon. Former Met chief superintendent Del Babu said "If you have something as horrific as pictures of dead women taken, the individuals should be reported. Ms Smallman and Ms Henry are thought to have ended up alone by about 12:30 on 6 June. Deniz Jaffer, 47, and Jamie Lewis, 33, were ordered to guard the scene in a London park where two sisters, Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, were found stabbed to death in June 2020. [21] Hussein was active on a Satanic forum led by Lawrence, alleging he was a 'psychic vampire' and asked for advice about demonic pacts. Lawrence advised that pacts should be entered to Lucifuge, signed in blood, brought to Lucifuge with only candle light, and organised for wealth; Hussein followed these instructions. Two PCs who took photos of the murder scene and then shared them on WhatsApp were . Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. According to reports, he stabbed two young girls to death last year after completing a government-sponsored "deradicalization" program. Hussein was active on that forum for two years and last logged in hours before his arrest. Subscribe to Newsletter "[30][16], In the month following the incident, two police officers, PC Deniz Jaffer, 48, and PC Jamie Lewis, 33, were charged with misconduct for sharing "inappropriate" photographs[31] of the crime scene, causing distress to the family and general public. Lewis, who sent one picture to fellow officers with the text: Unfortunately Im sat next to two dead birds full of stab wounds.. Cressida Dick, the Met commissioner, issued an apology for the alleged behaviour of the two officers, saying the allegations had left her feeling dumbfounded and disgusted. Forensic officers have since been searching a large area of the park including a pond and have trawled through hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rubbish that was accidently cleared from the scene. Post-mortem tests revealed they died from . They were the daughters of the Venerable Mina Smallman, the Church of England's first female archdeacon from a black and minority ethnic background. It is not appropriate for us to initiate any internal investigations against the officers at this stage as this could impact on that process.. More than 1,000 exhibits including property belonging to Ms Smallman and Ms Henry have been recovered and hours of CCTV collected, the Met said. Similar campaigns have been cropping up elsewhere in England, such as efforts by the Sheffield group Our Bodies Our Streets to improve lighting in the city's parks. Henry, a senior social worker, and Smallman, a photographer, had been celebrating their elder sisters birthday in Fryent Country Park in Wembley, north-west London. [27][28] Prosecutor, Oliver Glasgow QC told the jury, "Given the weight of the evidence against him, only someone who actually believes that an agreement with a demon will work could refuse to accept any aspect of the case against him. The mother of two sisters murdered in a park said her grief had "been taken to another place" after two officers were suspended amid allegations they took selfies next to their bodies. The women were celebrating Henrys birthday when they were attacked and stabbed repeatedly by 19-year-old Danyal Hussein, who was found guilty of the sisters murders. Mrs Smallman said she was told the photos showed the girls' faces and she fears the images will appear on the internet. It can now be reported that Jaffer and Lewis were assigned to guard the deposition site on 8 June, arriving at 3.30am before being placed at the inner cordon closest to the bodies. Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry were stabbed to death at a park in Wembley earlier this month.