2023 BBC. The police watchdog is also separately investigating how the Met handled calls from worried family and friends of the sisters after they went missing. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Nicole Smallman, 27, and Bibaa Henry, 46, were allegedly attacked by Danyal Hussein, 19, who is said to have believed he had made a blood pact with a demon to win the lottery. Instead, they breached the cordon to take "inappropriate" and "unauthorised" photographs of the bodies, which were then shared on WhatsApp. Can women ever trust the police again? The Met believes so You did it to kill. *failing to respond to distressed family calls about missing Black sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, whose bodies police officers at the scene later grossly dishonoured (3); *the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer (4); aid: '762962', targeting: { "It speaks volumes of the ethos that runs through the Metropolitan Police.". Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry were stabbed to death at a park in Wembley earlier this month. After the family grew concerned about their disappearance, they Two Met Police officers have been sentenced to two years and nine months behind bars for taking photographs of the murdered bodies of sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman. They had been stabbed to death. page_type: 'article', "If ever we needed an example of how toxic it has become, those police officers felt so safe, so untouchable, that they felt they could take photographs of dead black girls and send them on. [61], Murders of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman, Last edited on 14 February 2023, at 10:47, COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in the United Kingdom, "London sisters were stabbed to death by stranger, say police", "Wembley park stabbings: Danyal Hussein guilty of murdering sisters", "Why do some murders not get the same attention as others? Talking to the BBC last week, the girls' mother Mina Smallman said the pictures "dehumanised" her children. Putting names to archive photos, China looks at reforms to deepen Xi's control, The children left behind in Cuba's mass exodus, In photos: India's disappearing single-screen cinemas. Man killed Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman after seeking deal with the This was a calculated and deliberate course of conduct, planned and carried out with precision. Ms Smallman, 27, had been with friends celebrating Ms Henry's 46th birthday at the park on the evening of 5 June. "[46], Mina Smallman spoke about Hussein after his conviction, saying that she would not spend her life hating him; she voiced concern that he would be further radicalised in prison. Their family has been told in person about the arrest, the Met said. [47], The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) carried out a separate inquiry into how calls from worried relatives and friends were handled by the police.

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