In September, the Police Appeals Tribunal ruled Dizaei, who was sacked from the Met after being jailed, should be reinstated. But the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) suspended him on full pay until after the retrial, which began last month. Dizaei had then said he would appeal against the MPA’s decision. Other charges of misusing a corporate credit card were dropped last November after an inquiry found no evidence of wrongdoing. It is not the first time such controversy has come his way. Born in 1962, Dizaei is the grandson of a police assistant commissioner.
