Police officer dismissed after perverting the course of justice allegedly to protect uninsured brother
Hearing found breach of professional standards were so serious it amounted to gross misconduct
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Your support makes all the difference.An officer has been dismissed for perverting the course of justice after he falsely claimed he was driving the car involved in a crash to protect his uninsured brother.
PC Miladur Khan, 30, was formally dismissed from the Metropolitan Police Service following a special misconduct hearing.
He previously claimed he was behind the wheel during a minor road traffic collision on Burdett Road, Tower Hamlets, east London, on 29 June last year but CCTV confirmed he was not the driver.
At the scene, Khan was asked several times to confirm whether he had been driving the car and he said he was.
Khan, who was attached to the East Area Command, later pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice at Southwark Crown Court. He admitted he had been protecting his uninsured brother Mured Khan.
He was sentence to six months in prison.
In the miscondcut hearing, Khan was accused of breaching standards of professional behaviour in respect of "discreditable conduct", "honesty and integrity" and "authority, respect and courtesy".
The chair of the hearing found that Khan had breached professional standards in such a serious way that it amounted to gross misconduct.
Assistant commissioner Mark Rowley, the chair, said: "This officer has let himself, his family and his colleagues down. Our communities expect the highest standards of integrity from our officers and in this case the officer failed the meet these standards.
"I found that the only suitable sanction was dismissal without notice."
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