Ali Dizaei paid just £750 of trial costs

DISGRACED former police officer Ali Dizaei paid just £750 towards the five-figure cost of putting him on trial.

Prosecutors had demanded 64,500 after the former Scotland Yard commander was jailed for four years following his conviction for corruption in February. But court officials yesterday confirmed his legal team reduced the substantial bill and negotiated four months to pay.

It is understood his lawyers argued that Dizaei, 47, could not meet the bill and outlined his apparently limited assets in a behind-the-scenes exchange of letters.

Dizaei, who earned about 90,000 until his dismissal, also faced a considerable bill from his defence.

He was convicted of attempting to frame an Iraqi businessman when they fell out over money, with a jury hearing he acted like a gangster.

The officer threatened, assaulted, falsely arrested and faked evidence against the younger man, who built him a vanity website.