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| Ali Dizaei appeal against conviction rejected | Ali Dizaei appeal against conviction rejected |
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| Former Met Police commander Ali Dizaei has lost an appeal against his convictions for misconduct and perverting the course of justice. | |
| Dizaei, 50, from Acton, west London, was jailed in 2010 for framing a businessman after a row. | Dizaei, 50, from Acton, west London, was jailed in 2010 for framing a businessman after a row. |
| He was found guilty for a second time at a retrial last year after his first conviction was quashed. | He was found guilty for a second time at a retrial last year after his first conviction was quashed. |
| The Court of Appeal dismissed claims that the trial judge made an error of judgement over character evidence. | The Court of Appeal dismissed claims that the trial judge made an error of judgement over character evidence. |
| 'Bad character' | |
| Dizaei's QC Stephen Riordan had said Dizaei's conviction was "unsafe" as the judge had not allowed certain "bad character" evidence relating to the businessman, Waad al-Baghdadi. | |
| Opposing the appeal, Peter Wright QC, for the Crown, told the court: "Here there was no error by the judge in the exercise he undertook. The decision was not wrong in law." | |
| At the second trial, Dizaei was also convicted of misconduct in a public office. | |
| He received a three-year prison sentence, although London's Southwark Crown Court reduced this by the 15 months he had already served and he has been released. | |
| Dizaei was sacked by the Metropolitan Police last May following internal disciplinary proceedings. | |
| He was a police officer for 27 years, beginning his career with Thames Valley Police then working with the Met. |