Sunday Mirror

POLICE PROBED OVER ABUSE OF KATIE’S HARVEY

Sickened model faces new fight to defend trolled son

- BY NORMAN SILVESTER and NICOLA SMALL

KATIE Price last night faced a new fight to protect her disabled son as three policemen were accused of mocking him in a video.

The British Transport Police apparently found a mobile phone video in which a rail cop allegedly abused Harvey and two others added comments.

An officer is being investigat­ed for gross misconduct, and may face criminal charges, the others for lesser misconduct claims. All three face a disciplina­ry hearing later in the year.

Mum-of-five Katie, 41, has spent years defending Harvey, 17, from vile troll attacks.

A source said: “She’s sick of people making her son the butt of tasteless jokes. These are grave allegation­s.”

In 2007, a magazine apologised to her after giving away stickers of him with the slogan ‘Harvey wants to eat me!’.

In February an online pranksters photoshopp­ed Harvey’s face on to a jihadi bride.

And in 2017 a worker was sacked for posting he hoped Harvey choked on sweets and called him a “poor c***” with a string of derogatory comments.

Katie wants a Harvey’s Law to make online abuse a specific offence and to create a register

It’s shameful that disabled people have been forced off social media.

HELEN JONES CHAIRWOMAN OF PETITION COMMITTEE

of offenders. Her petition attracted 221,914 signatures. In January she won MPs’ backing.

Helen Jones, chairwoman of the Commons Petitions Committee, said: “It is shameful disabled people have been forced off social media while abusers face no consequenc­es.”

Katie, who has a diary of the abuse, is especially protective of Harvey, who is partially blind, autistic and gains weight easily due to Prader-Willi syndrome.

In 2017, she said: “I have had so many disgusting things [said] about him. They don’t do it to any of my other kids.”

A police spokesman said of the claims about the officers at a Scottish station: “We can confirm an officer is under investigat­ion in relation to allegation­s of gross misconduct and potential criminal offences. Two further officers, are also under investigat­ion.”

The officer accused of mocking Harvey has been transferre­d to a station in the north east of England.

The BTP is responsibl­e for policing the UK’s rail network.

Katie and the British Transport Police Federation, representi­ng the three officers, declined to comment.

 ?? Picture BACKGRID ?? PROTECTIVE Katie out with disabled Harvey
Picture BACKGRID PROTECTIVE Katie out with disabled Harvey

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