00:02Detective Sergeant Jason Grafham was found guilty of gross misconduct on Friday after a hearing ruled he had compounded the
00:09emotional harm and grief suffered by the family of Sally Ann Bowman by showing photographs from the crime scene where
00:16her naked body was found in a pool of blood.
00:19The tribunal sitting at Palestra House in South London found there was no policing reason for Grafham to have kept
00:26the photographs, which date back to when the 18-year-old's body was discovered in 2005.
00:32Grafham, who retired from the police force one day before the start of the tribunal, was permanently barred from serving
00:39in the police.
00:40He was also found guilty of gross misconduct for a series of sexually inappropriate and discriminatory and or derogatory remarks.
00:51Chairman of the tribunal, Commander Paul Travers, said that Grafham would have been dismissed had he not already retired.
00:59However, he cannot have his pension docked as he has not been convicted of a criminal offence.
01:06Earlier, the hearing heard photocopies of photographs taken from the scene of the rape and murder were discovered after a
01:14search of Grafham's desk in December 2024.
01:18One witness, known as Miss B, said she had thought Grafham had kept the photographs for entertainment and bragging purposes.
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