Metropolitan Police Commander Ali Dizaei: Bent copper or racist witch-hunt?

[Zabo]

He got four years for each of the charges, to be served concurrently.

At least he'll have time to think things over.

 

[agricola]

Remind me how many people he killed again?

For malfeasance + attempting to pervert the course of justice that is not an especially severe sentence, probably because the attempt was not especially serious.

Oh aye? Served in what way?

At Her Majesties' Pleasure, I would assume.

 

[cesare]

At Her Majesties' Pleasure, I would assume.

I can only hope that his fellow senior officers, so intent on bringing him to justice, similarly get involved in a fracas with their web designers.

 

[Dan U]

I urge you to read the IPCC investigation into the original "witch-hunt", which basically found that the Met deliberately (and almost without precedent) sabotaged its own investigation into Dizaei's conduct (to the extent of refusing a request from the old PCA to bring discipline charges) by brokering a peace deal with the MPBA which said that Dizaei would be let off.

No doubt the Dizaei-supporting media will be out in force later, claiming its a fit-up etc etc.

will give it a read, ta

 

[danny la rouge]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8504308.stm

What a shame.

 

[editor]

Dodgy lying, bullying bent copper finally gets caught out. I'm sure he'll have some fun in prison.

 

[butchersapron]

Pretty amazing given that one witness generally = no witness

The criminal case against Dizaei boiled down to one question – whether the jury believed the word of a senior police officer or that of the man he arrested.

[...]
Set against this was evidence from the officer's wife that Baghdadi's verbal tirade had left her terrified and that he had said he would "extract the money out of your throat".

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Dodgy lying, bullying bent copper finally gets caught out. I'm sure he'll have some fun in prison.

One night in a proper nick then shipped out to an open jobbie.


Will he lose his pension though? That would be a real punishment.

 

[Dan U]

Pretty amazing given that one witness generally = no witness

i was quite surprised when i read that as well.

 

[agricola]

Pretty amazing given that one witness generally = no witness

It would be, except that - far from what the Guardian said - it did not come down to one mans word against anothers.

There appears to be quite a bit of other evidence - the CCTV, the recording of the 999 calls, what Dizaei said and wrote whilst al-Baghdadi was in custody, the previous relationship between the two men - to support what al-Baghdadi was claiming.

 

[butchersapron]

Fair enough, the restaurant bloke came out for the copper mind.

 

[editor]

Pretty amazing given that one witness generally = no witness

A police doctor told the court that injuries Dizaei claimed had been caused by Mr Al-Baghdadi were probably self-inflicted...

The court also heard that Dizaei, who had a 24-year police career in the UK, claimed to have received threatening voicemails and text messages from Mr Al-Baghdadi before the incident, but had "accidentally" deleted them.

Mr Wright [Prosecutor] said once Dizaei realised inconsistencies in his account had been uncovered by detectives he attempted to get the case dropped.

Dodgy as fuck.

 

[agricola]

Dodgy as fuck.

Well yes, but that self-inflicted wounds thing may well be the main bit of the appeal - they had a senior pathologist give evidence which cast doubt on what the FME was saying.

They still had a lot of other stuff though, hence the verdict.

 

[Pickman's model]

Dodgy lying, bullying bent copper finally gets caught out. I'm sure he'll have some fun in prison.

that popular game 'don't drop the soap' for example?

 

[Squatticus]

Well done the IPCC! Now why don't you go really crazy and uphold some complaints against white cops!!!

 

[Giles]

I note that he was suspended on full pay for years, so the taxpayer has paid this man a lot of money to do nothing, while he lied and cheated.

He should have to pay it back!

Giles..

 

[DarthSydodyas]

I note that he was suspended on full pay for years, so the taxpayer has paid this man a lot of money to do nothing, while he lied and cheated.

He should have to pay it back!

Giles..

Training to be a politician.... but, yeah.

 

[weltweit]

Well he is getting his just desserts now, that is for sure.

 

[butchersapron]

AZAB!!!!

 

[Upchuck]

I am pleasd he got some time. I think Iranian gangster is a pretty apt description of this bloke. What also pissed me off was that he had his unmarked car parked on double yellows outside the restaurant. Arrogant fuck. Fear for the accuser though. Imagine he will be a pariah in his community, though imagine many will also be relieved this Dizaei thug is off the streets.

 

[trashpony]

For malfeasance + attempting to pervert the course of justice that is not an especially severe sentence, probably because the attempt was not especially serious.

Not to mention massive abuse of his position

 

[editor]

One of the local shopkeepers said that he used to rock up to the restaurant, park his car on double yellow lines and then say he could do it because he was a policeman.

 

[London_Calling]

I just heard the man from that august organisation the IPCC infer this was the one incident in very many involving this man and that finally, in Mr Al-Baghdadi, they had someone willing to speak out. Seemed slightly unusual for that org.

 

[agricola]

I just heard the man from that august organisation the IPCC infer this was the one incident in very many involving this man and that finally, in Mr Al-Baghdadi, they had someone willing to speak out. Seemed slightly unusual for that org.

I posted a link a while back on this thread that contained the previous IPCC investigation into Operation Helios, there were unresolved issues of a disciplinary nature identified against the then Superintendent Dizaei (which were never dealt with, for reasons detailed in the report), thats probably what they are referring to.

 

[ViolentPanda]

One night in a proper nick then shipped out to an open jobbie.

probably more like 2 or 3 in reception until his paperwork catches up with him, and then off to the open nick. Even then, he'll probably get looked after by the screws in reception.

Will he lose his pension though? That would be a real punishment.

Probably not. I think a copper has to do the queen up the shitter without Greek Phil's consent or similar to actually lose their pension nowadays.

 

[dessiato]

I have just found this, and apologise if it has already been posted, I don't have time to check the whole thread just now. http://www.euronews.net/2010/02/09/...een-jailed-for-four-years-for-abuse-of-power/

 

[Stoat Boy]

Probably not. I think a copper has to do the queen up the shitter without Greek Phil's consent or similar to actually lose their pension nowadays.

I believe he will lose 50% of his pension based on him being guilty of a misconduct charge. Its all about him using his position to try and cover up as opposed to the actual assault.

What has amazed me is the amount of people who are now coming out of the woodwork saying how they always knew he was a wrong'un. They had that awful Ali-Brown women on the radio this morning banging on about how she had always said how terrible this man was. LOL. Talk about bandwagon jumping.

 

[agricola]

The Guardian finally mentions - though it uses Brian as a kind of conduit, and it never actually mentions the IPCC - what the IPCC report said all those years ago:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/09/ali-dizaei-disciplinary-charges-police

 

[Diamond]

I urge you to read the IPCC investigation into the original "witch-hunt", which basically found that the Met deliberately (and almost without precedent) sabotaged its own investigation into Dizaei's conduct (to the extent of refusing a request from the old PCA to bring discipline charges) by brokering a peace deal with the MPBA which said that Dizaei would be let off.

No doubt the Dizaei-supporting media will be out in force later, claiming its a fit-up etc etc.

That makes for pretty damning reading with regard to the original Met investigation, Dizaei himself (given the agreement he seems to have painstakingly hammered out and subsequently ignored), and the IPCC as a whole given the utter spinelessness of their decision.

Does anyone know what the original misconduct issues were or what evidence the covert surveillance uncovered?

 

[Paul Marsh]

Funnily enough there's nothing about it on http://www.alidizaei.com/

Does anyone know if Mr Al-Baghdadi has now got his £600? If not, I hope he sells his story to the papers and makes a few quid.

Secondly there was a scandalously bad article by brian Paddick in the Independent on this case, which fails completely to address what Dizaei actually did:

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinio...for-race-relations-in-the-police-1893313.html