A Met officer who shared misogynistic and transphobic content on social media has been dismissed.

PC Alejandro Varela-Garcia, attached to the Met’s South East Command Unit, posted the discriminatory content on his social media account.

This included posting footage that mocked women, people with disabilities and people from the LGBT+ community.

At a misconduct hearing on Friday, 3 July, PC Varela-Garcia was found to have breached professional standards of behaviour relating to discreditable conduct, equality and diversity, and orders and instructions.

His actions were found to have amounted to gross misconduct and he was dismissed.

Acting Detective Chief Superintendent James Derham, who leads policing in the Met’s South East area, said: “This officer’s behaviour fell far below that expected of any police officer.

“Members of the public need to have trust in the police and PC Varela-Garcia’s behaviour risks undermining that confidence in the force.

“We have relentlessly pursued and removed officers who do not meet the standards we expect. In the last three years more than 1,500 officers and staff have been exited from the organisation as a result of this work.”

PC Varela-Garcia will be placed on the barred list held by the College of Policing. Those appearing on the list cannot be employed by police or a number of policing bodies.