I reported my offensive colleague to the Met - why did he get his job back?

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A former 999 call-handler has accused the Met Police of breaking its promise to listen to whistleblowers, after a colleague she reported was sacked but then given back his job.

Issy Vine is suing the force, claiming constructive dismissal, after a fellow call-handler made a series of comments, including describing a rape victim as a "slut". The staff member was sacked for gross misconduct in November 2023 but reinstated on appeal.

Ms Vine said bosses told her the original disciplinary had been too heavily influenced by the Casey Review, which found the Met to be institutionally misogynist, racist and homophobic.

The Met said the "discriminatory comments" had been "entirely unacceptable" but added that the outcome of the misconduct process had been "subject to a thorough review".

Ms Vine, from Wimbledon in south-west London, has written an open letter to Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley, accusing the force of "box-ticking" with its internal campaigns, and demanding "meaningful change".

She said she had been "shocked" when her colleague made a series of comments during a shift in April 2023.

Ms Vine said the first of these happened as he took a report from a woman alleging she had been raped, and he had covered his mouth with his hand and told Ms Vine: "She sounds like a slut."

Ms Vine also said he later told her he had taken a call from an "immigrant", and showed her his phone, where he had written, using an expletive: "Why don't you [go] back to your own country"The Pride-themed doors of Heaven - the two doors are coloured purple, blue, green, yellow, orange and red " class="sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj"/>