“Aggressive and confrontational” Metropolitan police officers stopped a car in which the British athlete Bianca Williams was travelling with her partner and baby, lied that they could smell cannabis and detained them “because they’re black”, a tribunal has heard. Five members of the Met’s territorial support group are accused of gross misconduct over the 4 July 2020 stop of Williams and the Portuguese sprinter Ricardo dos Santos, in Maida Vale, north-west London. Acting Sgt Rachel Simpson, PC Allan Casey, PC Jonathan Clapham, PC Michael Bond and PC Sam Franks deny all the charges. Williams and dos Santos were handcuffed and searched on suspicion of possessing drugs and weapons. At the opening of the tribunal in central London, Karon Monaghan KC, representing the director general of the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), said: “It is alleged that the officers treated Mr dos Santos and Miss Williams in this way because they’re black. “The director general will say that the detention of Mr dos Santos and Miss Williams for 45 minutes, on the road, in full …

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