Overview
- A misconduct tribunal found on Friday that former Detective Sergeant Jason Grafham committed gross misconduct for keeping and showing crime‑scene photos from the 2005 murder of Sally Anne Bowman and would have been dismissed if still serving.
- The panel concluded there was no policing reason for Grafham to retain the material and that he showed images to a colleague as recently as late 2024, after photocopies were discovered in a desk search in December 2024.
- Seven of eight allegations that Grafham made sexually inappropriate or derogatory comments to colleagues were proven on the balance of probabilities during the hearing.
- Grafham retired one day before the tribunal began and will be placed on the College of Policing barred list to stop him rejoining the police, but his pension cannot be docked because he has not been criminally convicted.
- Met leaders apologised to Bowman’s family and said the case underscored work to improve standards and culture, while the outcome highlights how disciplinary findings can ban officers from service but do not carry the same legal penalties as criminal convictions.