Scotland Yard is embroiled in a damaging race war which has left its leadership in meltdown.Yesterday yet another senior Asian official was preparing a claim against the embattled Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Ian Blair.
Yasmin Rehman, who has been off work with stress for the last 12 months, claims she has been subjected to racist bullying and victimisation during her time working at the Yard.
Her action is the fifth to be launched against the Met, Britain's biggest force, by ethnic-minority officers or staff, and campaigners claim more are lining up to follow suit.
This follows the 'suspension' this week of Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur, who is claiming £1.2million for race discrimination.
Today, in an extraordinary and disturbing twist, the Daily Mail can reveal that the flamboyant lawyer at the centre of the campaign which is tearing Scotland Yard apart is a convicted conman with suspect legal qualifications.
Dr Shahrokh Mireskandari - who acts for Mr Ghaffur, Miss Rehman and also represents Commander Ali Dizaei who has been a repeated thorn in the side of his employers - has a criminal conviction for fraud and obtained his law degree from a discredited 'mail drop' university in Hawaii.
In addition, we can reveal that he is currently at the centre of a worldwide inquiry into his past by the UK solicitors' watchdog.
Last night Mireskandari - who has publicly vowed to destroy Sir Ian's 'golden circle' of white officers - refused to comment when confronted with questions about his past, including a series of allegations which will send shock waves through the legal establishment.
The Mail can reveal that Mireskandari:
Is being investigated by the Solicitors' Regulation Authority after doubts were raised over his legal qualifications.
Was convicted of a telemarketing fraud in California in 1991. He was given three years' probation, sentenced to three months on a 'criminal justice work release programme', forced to live a halfway hostel with fellow convicts and ordered to pay back nearly $7,000 to his known victims.
Acquired his American legal degree from a tinpot 'university' run from a small office in Hawaii, which was shut down over fears it was peddling bogus qualifications.
Is the subject of a number of complaints from former clients who claim he charges vastly inflated fees......In the latest race claim against the Yard, Yasmin Rehman is being backed by the National Black Police Association, for whom Mireskandari is the official solicitor on 'employment matters'.
REST HERE
Tarn Lass
0 comments:
Post a Comment