Met Police officers get jobs back after controversial Bianca Williams stop and search

Former Met Pcs Jonathan Clapham and Sam Franks were dismissed in October last year after being accused of lying about smelling cannabis when they pulled over Olympic athletes Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos

Two former Metropolitan Police officers have been handed their jobs back after winning an appeal against a ruling that they lied by saying they could smell cannabis during a stop and search of British athlete Bianca Williams and her partner in 2020.

Former Met Pcs Jonathan Clapham and Sam Franks were dismissed in October last year after a disciplinary panel found they had lied about smelling the drug when they pulled over Olympic sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos and his partner Williams.

The finding has been overturned by the Police Appeals Tribunal which found the original decision was “irrational” and “inconsistent”.

Former Pcs Clapham and Franks were “dedicated, hard-working and much respected officers” whose reputations had been “ruined” by the original findings, Appeals Tribunal chairman Damien Moore said.

“Both officers did not lie.

“Both officers will now be reinstated to the Met Police.

“They should receive back-pay.”

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