Six police officers face misconduct proceedings over fatal Cardiff car crash

Eve Smith and Darcy Ross, 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, found dead at scene of incident on A48 in St Mellons in 2023Six police officers will face disciplinary proceedings for misconduct in relation to a crash that claimed the lives of three people.Eve Smith and Darcy Ross, both 21, and Rafel Jeanne, 24, were found dead at the scene of the incident on the A48 in the St Mellons area of Cardiff in March 2023 – almost 48 hours after they were all last seen.A police sergeant has a case to answer for gross misconduct for their supervision of the missing persons inquiry.A police constable has a case to answer for gross misconduct for allegedly failing to carrying out basic inquiries, including not recording and sharing information with their supervisor.Two police constables have a case to answer for gross misconduct after allegedly failing to conduct house searches and then giving dishonest accounts to their supervisor and IOPC investigators.A police constable has a case to answer for misconduct for allegedly not carrying out adequate house searches.A police sergeant has a case to answer for misconduct relating to allegations of failing to review all available information at the time of conducting a risk assessment for the missing women. Continue reading...