Dizaei to appeal suspension by the Met

SCOTLAND Yard Commander Ali Dizaei has said he will appeal against his suspension by the Metropolitan Police Authority.

Dizaei, who is facing a retrial for corruption, was suspended on full pay on Friday night within hours of the disclosure that he had been reinstated to the force.

The 49-year-old, who walked free from jail in May after his conviction was quashed, will receive his salary of around £90,000 before standing trial again early next year accused of misconduct in a public office and perverting the course of justice. Dizaei said yesterday he would be appealing against the suspension.

He accused long-standing members of the MPA of being suspicious of non-white officers in senior positions at the Met.

He launched a bid to get his job back after he was let out of Leyhill open prison when Lord Justice Hughes and two other judges said the Court of Appeal had been “driven to the conclusion” that his conviction “cannot be regarded as safe”.