Yet another corrupt lawyer has been rumbled, this time for taking a bribe to let a case drop.
Sarfraz Ibrahim was a senior Crown Prosecution Service officer in Gwent, south Wales. His position as CPS trials unit chief gave him a power over the progress of cases. And absolute power, of course, corrupts absolutely.
This week Ibrahim pleaded guilty to accepting a £20,000 bribe to recommend that a prosecution be discontinued. Unfortunately for the corrupt CPE official, the entire case was a sting set up by police to catch a corrupt CPS official. The Mail reports that Ibrahim - and his co-defendant Saifur Khan - were already under suspicion having been caught liaising with drug dealers at a motorway service station in 2008.
The Serious Organised Crime Agency went to considerable effort to manufacture a fictional assault case, culminating in a meeting between an undercover officer and the two CPS officials. Despite hearing an apparent confession from the "offender", Ibrahim ultimately advised that the case should not proceed due to "evidential difficulties". Entirely urelated to the £20k he found in his back pocket.
With every detail recorded, the police swooped on the pair (and the cash). Ibrahim has admitted accepting the inducement. The case continues.
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Sarfraz Ibrahim was a senior Crown Prosecution Service officer in Gwent, south Wales. His position as CPS trials unit chief gave him a power over the progress of cases. And absolute power, of course, corrupts absolutely.
This week Ibrahim pleaded guilty to accepting a £20,000 bribe to recommend that a prosecution be discontinued. Unfortunately for the corrupt CPE official, the entire case was a sting set up by police to catch a corrupt CPS official. The Mail reports that Ibrahim - and his co-defendant Saifur Khan - were already under suspicion having been caught liaising with drug dealers at a motorway service station in 2008.
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The Serious Organised Crime Agency went to considerable effort to manufacture a fictional assault case, culminating in a meeting between an undercover officer and the two CPS officials. Despite hearing an apparent confession from the "offender", Ibrahim ultimately advised that the case should not proceed due to "evidential difficulties". Entirely urelated to the £20k he found in his back pocket.
With every detail recorded, the police swooped on the pair (and the cash). Ibrahim has admitted accepting the inducement. The case continues.