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OPI accuses police of underwor
Friendships between some Victorian police officers and criminals and the leaking of secret information continues to put lives at risk, says the police corruption watchdog.
In its annual report, the Office of Police Integrity (OPI) said cells of corrupt officers who associate with the underworld were exerting a damaging influence on the force.
The report was one of more than 250 tabled in parliament on Thursday, prompting criticism by Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu that the government was trying to escape scrutiny.
While the five-year-old OPI's message was the same as... Read more
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UK: Police Insepector 'Romped
A senior police inspector romped with a stranger he met on the internet in a police office while on duty, a court was told today.
Massood Khan, 41, "neglected" the "vital" area he was in charge of to meet with a woman he had met on the "uniform" internet chat site the day before, Southwark Crown Court heard.
Prosecutor Michael Mulkerrins said the
British Transport police inspector had driven to Gatwick Airport station in a marked police car for the 20 minute tryst, getting the keys to a room after implying he wanted to use it to take a statement.
Once he had secured the use of the room he had sex with the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, it was claimed.
Mr Mulkerrins said: "The defendant whilst on duty as a public servant made arrangements to meet and did meet a female for sexual intercourse.
"The defendant deliberately neglected his professional duties to such a degree to amount to an abuse of the public trust in the public office of police inspector.
"His conduct brought the police service as a whole into disrepute so much so as to make his actions criminal."
Mr Mulkerrins said Khan, a 15 year veteran of the service and an inspector for three years, met the woman on an internet chat website.
He said: "The defendant entered into an internet chat site to which he was a subscriber www.uniformdating.com.
"As a result of him logging on he made contact with a female who he arranged to meet the following day when he was on duty.
"There was an expectation he would have sexual relations with that woman at that particular time."
The jury heard Khan then "went about using his position as inspector in order to facilitate him and that girl meeting".
"He made enquiries as to the availability of a room at Gatwick Airport station which fell under his beat.
"He used his position to obtain that room simply so he could have sex."
Giving evidence, BTP officer Sarah Jones said she had been contacted by Khan asking about the room.
She said: "He said he wanted to know if it was suitable to take a statement from somebody. I told him I did not think it was because it was in a state of disrepair. The ceiling was down last time I went."
But Khan was told how he could get the keys and the next morning he got back in touch with the woman.
Mr Mulkerrins said: "He finalised details about the time they would meet and where they would meet."
He began his shift on 23 July at 9 am. The court was told he was in charge of 20 officers as the "most superior and senior BTP officer for the area from kent to Dorset looking after a vital part of the railway network."
That afternoon Mr Mulkeerins said "the defendant drove from the Victoria office in a marked police car where he met with the female on the concourse at Gatwick Airport station.
"They went to that room and vaginal and oral sex took place.
"It was over rather quickly and the couple parted not too many minutes after they arrived.
"CCTV showed the couple walking towards the room on the station concourse at 3.26pm and returning at 3.46 pm, at least 25 minutes before Khan's shift was due to end."
Khan was arrested two days later. In a statement Mr Mulkerrins said he accepted he had been engaged in sexually explicit emails and contact with the woman concerned.
The court heard that much of the factual evidence in this case is not denied by the defendant.
He said the decision on whether to find Khan guilty of wilful misconduct would rest on whether his actions made him criminal.
He said: "We are not talking about a lowly inexperienced PC. He neglected his duties and abused his rank. The public are entitled to expect a higher level of integrity and responsibility from somebody of his experience and in his position.
Khan, of Coulsden, Surrey, denies wilful misconduct.
The case continues
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