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Two Metropolitan Police constables have been dismissed without notice after a disciplinary panel found their actions during a stop and search of two black athletes amounted to gross misconduct. Jonathan Clapham and Sam Franks were sacked after it was found they lied about smelling cannabis when they pulled over Olympic sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos, 28, and his partner and Team GB athlete Bianca Williams, 29, on July 4 2020. Both give statement outside court. They were accused of racially profiling the couple alongside fellow Met officers Acting Police Sergeant Rachel Simpson, Pc Allan Casey and Pc Michael Bond. The police followed the athletes as they drove to their west London home from training with their baby son, then three months old, in the back seat of their Mercedes. The panel heard they followed Mr Dos Santos in their police carrier because of the ���appalling��� and ���suspicious��� nature of his driving and were doing their duty when they conducted the stop and search. The couple were handcuffed and searched on suspicion of having drugs and weapons after they were pulled over outside their property, but nothing was found. On Wednesday, the panel found Pc Clapham and Pc Franks had lied about smelling cannabis during the stop and search.