Met police chief Dizaei reinstated as Scotland Yard commander after appeal

Ali Dizaei, who walked free from jail in May after his conviction was quashed, plans to resume his £90,000 role as commander after a police appeal tribunal ruled in his favour.

Claiming the appeal panel “unanimously” dismissed his sacking, Dizaei, 49, said: “I am delighted to be reinstated. I have always wanted to be a Met police officer and now vow to clear my name.”

Dizaei is due to stand trial again early next year accused of misconduct in a public office and perverting the course of justice. He is understood to be willing to launch further legal challenges against attempts to suspend him from the post.

There was no immediate comment from Scotland Yard or the Metropolitan Police Authority surrounding the appeal decision. Dizaei 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”.

PSB Law, which represents Dizaei, confirmed his reinstatement. The lawyers said in a statement: “Commander Dizaei has always maintained that his previous dismissal pending his criminal appeal was in haste and unfair.

“That appeal was heard in May of this year and resulted in the quashing of Commander Dizaei’s criminal convictions.”

The officer said his 15 months in prison had been “like putting a hand in a wasps’ nest”.