A “racist and homophobic” police sergeant accused of ignoring reports of a nearby murder bragged about being “untouchable” because she was friends with senior officers, a misconduct hearing has heard.

Kirsten Treasure boasted “on numerous occasions” about her close relationships with top-ranking cops in Croydon and “scared” her junior officers into not making complaints about her “bullying” behaviour, a Metropolitan Police panel today was told.

Her former colleagues at Addington police station have made multiple allegations of bullying and unprofessional conduct – including racist and homophobic comments and a “fixation” with another officer’s breasts.

On Monday the panel heard evidence that Sgt Treasure had ignored repeated reports of a stabbing just 700m from Addington police station because she was “focussed on paperwork”.

Father-of-three Andrew Else, 52, died after being brutally knifed more than 200 times by Ephraim Norman in Selsdon Park Road in April 2014.

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Giving evidence today, Detective Constable Shazad Ahmed said he had been “scared” to file a complaint against Sgt Treasure - even after she allegedly told him she did not think the word “Paki” was racist – because he feared the effect it would have on his career in the force.

He said: “As soon as I started at Addington it was always said she could do what she wanted because Inspector [Clare] Robbins would back her 100 per cent.

“The view was the chain of command would always defend Sgt Treasure and there was no logic or rationale in making complaints about her because they would go away or disappear.”

He told panel this had been a “view widely held in Croydon” police and that Sgt Treasure’s influence extended “right to the top” - including former borough commander David Musker and his deputy Rob Atkin.

Mr Musker was promoted to commander of the Met’s armed policing unit in July 2014 - the same month Sgt Treasure was placed on restricted duties in response to allegations of misconduct.

DC Ahmed, who was constable at the time of the allegations, told the panel: “Sergeant Treasure came to the office and said on numerous occasions…‘I know all of them, I’m untouchable,’ or words to that effect.”

He claimed previous complaints against the sergeant had been “brushed under the carpet, and those officers had been moved to one side”.

Asked why he did not name Sgt Treasure in an email sent in January 2014 expressing concerns about bullying within the Fieldway Safer Neighbourhoods Team, DC Ahhmed said: “I was concerned if I did name Sgt Treasure in that email, Inspector Robbins would disclose that to Sergeant Treasure... then things would become much more worse for me.

“I was scared.”

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On one occasion, DC Ahmed claimed, Sgt Treasure tried to instruct him and a fellow officer to arrest a man, who he believed should only be interviewed, because Superintendent Atkin wanted him arrested.

Under cross-examination by defence lawyer Ben Summers, DC Ahmed told the panel he had found Sgt Treasure’s management style “bullying, degrading, [and] demeaning”, and recounted a number of occasions the sergeant allegedly insulted other officers.

At one point there was a pause in proceedings as lawyers from both sides tried to establish whether evidence DC Ahmed had given yesterday had referred to Sgt Treasure using the words “c**t” or “spastic”.

The detective constable maintained she had said both, adding: “I have never anyone use the word [c**t] as much as she used it”.

He also accused his former boss of describing fellow officers as a “f***ing prick” and “Ugly Betty”, and using the word “coon”.

On Monday, another officer described the team’s Christmas party in December 2013 at the Mae Ping restaurant in South End, where a  “drunk” Sgt Treasure is alleged to have referred to an officer’s gay father as a “poof” during a discussion about his cooking.

Mr Summers, defending, dismissed the claims that his client had ever used the word “c**t,” and argued that she would have only ever used the word “paki” in a “general discussion about language” that had once been considered acceptable.

He also denied claims that Sgt Treasure, who is gay, had ever been “fixated” with another officer’s breasts or made inappropriate comments, adding: “I suggest that Sgt Treasure never made comments about witness B’s breasts or did she make particular comments about wanting to take off her bra”

DC Ahmed replied: “She did, and she did.”

Asked to recall the night of Mr Else’s murder on April 24, 2014, DC Ahmed said the team been eating chocolate cake to mark Sgt Treasure’s birthday moments before the 999 call about the stabbing came in.

On the first day of the hearing PC Nathan Munday told the panel how Sgt Treasure had not responded to news of the attack over the police radio and had ignored him twice when he mentioned it.

When the team did eventually arrive at the “traumatic” scene, DC Ahmed said, officers from other units asked said: “Where was your team? Why didn’t your team attend? You are just down the road.”

He added: “I should have challenged her many times but I didn’t have the courage. That’s a failing on my part.”

The hearing continues.

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