Top policeman jailed for making up stuff and being really naughty
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Metropolitan Police Commander Ali Dizaei, Britain's most senior Asian officer, has been sentenced to four years for perverting the course of justice and misconduct after a row with a web designer who did some work on Dizaei's personal website.
Prosecutor Peter Wright QC said Dizaei was guilty of a "wholesale abuse of power" motivated by self-interest and pride. The shamed policeman was ordered to spend two years in prison and two years on licence.
Dizaei, 47, went on trial accused of abusing his position to arrest a 24-year-old web designer, with whom he'd argued over money owed for web design work. After arresting Waad al-Baghdadi, 23, Dizaei had then fabricated a series of allegations against him and inflicted an injury on himself to back up a claim that the young man had "stabbed" him with the mouthpiece of shisha pipe.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said "criminals in uniform like Dizaei" were the greatest threat to the reputation of the police.
Prosecutor Peter Wright QC said Dizaei was guilty of a "wholesale abuse of power" motivated by self-interest and pride. The shamed policeman was ordered to spend two years in prison and two years on licence.
Dizaei, 47, went on trial accused of abusing his position to arrest a 24-year-old web designer, with whom he'd argued over money owed for web design work. After arresting Waad al-Baghdadi, 23, Dizaei had then fabricated a series of allegations against him and inflicted an injury on himself to back up a claim that the young man had "stabbed" him with the mouthpiece of shisha pipe.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said "criminals in uniform like Dizaei" were the greatest threat to the reputation of the police.
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What reputation? Hah.
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