Female officer cleared of sharing messages mocking George Floyd

A female police officer accused of sharing offensive WhatsApp messages mocking George Floyd saw the charges thrown out today (tues) after an administrative blunder. PC Joann Jinks, 41, was cleared of three charges of sending grossly offensive messages on 4, 5 and 10 June 2020. PC Jinks had been accused of sending offensive messages under the Communications Act 2003 with another serving West Mercia police officer, James Watts. Watts, 31, was jailed for 20 weeks in May after he admitted…