London police sent each other “shocking” racist, sexist and homophobic messages, a watchdog said on Tuesday, piling pressure on the force after an officer raped and murdered a young woman. The messages were exchanged on WhatsApp and Facebook by a now-disbanded Westminster police unit between 2016 and 2018, said a report by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). They made multiple references to sexual violence including “I would happily rape you”, while in another discussion an officer said he hit his girlfriend as “It makes them love you more”. One police officer repeatedly boasted …