Britain's most controversial police chief has been returned to jail after being found guilty of corruption for a second time.
Scotland Yard commander Ali Dizaei will never wear police uniform again after being convicted unanimously at his retrial of misconduct and perverting the course of justice.
He received a three-year prison sentence at London's Southwark Crown Court, although this will be reduced by the 15 months he has already spent behind bars. Dizaei is expected to serve half of his sentence, meaning he is likely to be freed from jail within three months.
Dizaei was first convicted of framing Waad al-Baghdadi in a street row in 2010 - but he walked out of Leyhill open prison a year later after the Court of Appeal quashed the conviction.
Guilty verdicts for a second time mean there is now no way back for the senior officer, who created a web of lies to cover his tracks.
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