Former Met officer in Wayne Couzens WhatsApp group blames training for ‘offensive’ texts

Ex PC joked about raping a female colleague, court hears, but says nothing in the training gives you a specific word that is offensive'

A former police officer who shared what are alleged to be grossly offensive" messages in a WhatsApp group that included Wayne Couzens has told a court that his training failed to account for diversity and educate him in what words are offensive.

It seems like almost every week there is a word that is offensive. How are you supposed to know what is offensive?" said Joel Borders, who had joked with other officers about raping and beating a colleague and using Tasers on people with Down's syndrome, who he referred to as downys".