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Bianca Williams opens up on impact of police search as officers sacked

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Bianca Williams tearful as she opens up on impact of police search

Bianca Williams cried as she described how she is now “always on edge” following a police stop-and-search

carried out while she and her partner Ricardo dos Santos had their three-month-old baby in their car.

The Team GB athlete, 29, and the Olympic sprinter, 28, were handcuffed and searched on suspicion of having drugs and weapons in July 2020 after police followed them as they drove to their west London home from a training session.

Two Metropolitan Police constables have been sacked for gross misconduct after a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday (25 October) found they lied about smelling cannabis during the stop and search.

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