A senior police detective who was among the first responding to the London Bridge terrorist attack has been sacked for using the word 'pikey' in messages sent about Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people.

Concerning his use of the term 'pikey', Mr Luker stated that he grew up in west London with a lot of Irish travellers and it was a word used to denote a traveller. 'He did not intend to use ...

A police officer who was among the first on the scene of the 2017 London Bridge attack has been sacked for gross misconduct. Detective Constable Mark Luker of British Transport Police used the word ...

One of the first police officers on the scene of the 2017 London Bridge terror attack has been sacked for gross misconduct. DC Mark Luker used the word ‘pikey’ in ...