1. Ali Dizaei was born in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran where his father was a deputy commissioner of police.
39 Facts About Ali Dizaei
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Ali Dizaei was educated at Slindon College, a private boarding school in Arundel, West Sussex.
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Ali Dizaei studied law at university, gaining a BA and LLM in Law from City University London and a diploma in policing from Cambridge University, later gaining a PhD from Brunel University.
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Ali Dizaei served in Henley-on-Thames, in uniform and the Criminal Investigation Department, rising to the rank of Chief Inspector.
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Ali Dizaei was appointed an adviser on race issues to the Home Secretary, and then transferred to the Metropolitan Police Service on promotion to Superintendent on 29 March 1999 as a staff officer to Assistant Commissioner Ian Johnston.
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Ali Dizaei was already outspoken on race issues, first coming to media attention in November 1999 to criticize questions asked in promotion exams.
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In 2000, Ali Dizaei was investigated by force after allegations of taking bribes, using drugs and prostitutes, and spying for Iran.
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The MPS issued a public statement saying that Ali Dizaei returned to work with his "integrity demonstrably intact".
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Ali Dizaei brought his own claim for racial discrimination in the conduct of the investigations by the MPS.
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In March 2007, Ali Dizaei published Not One of Us, an account of his police career and the Operation Helios investigation.
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Ali Dizaei was promoted to Chief Superintendent in May 2004 and became Borough Commander of Hounslow and later Borough Commander of Hammersmith and Fulham.
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In March 2008, and at the third attempt, Ali Dizaei was promoted to Commander.
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In 2008, Ali Dizaei commenced Employment Tribunal proceedings against Catherine Crawford, Sir Paul Stephenson and others, claiming that they had specifically targeted him for being an outspoken critic of their record on race and for Ali Dizaei supporting Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur in his race discrimination claim against Paul Stephenson and Ian Blair.
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On 12 September 2008, the MPS announced that Ali Dizaei was the subject of a complaint alleging that he had improperly advised solicitors defending a woman accused of a fatal hit-and-run accident.
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In September 2009, Ali Dizaei won a High Court action against the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard over a defamatory article published in June 2008.
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On 27 December 2009, Ali Dizaei accepted a substantial payment and an apology from the News of the World for allegations arising from an investigation by Mazher Mahmood.
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Ali Dizaei was suspended again on 18 September 2008, after being investigated for various allegations, including an arrest he made on 18 July 2008 outside a west London restaurant.
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Ali Dizaei arrested Baghdadi, who later made a complaint which the IPCC investigated.
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On 21 May 2009, the Crown Prosecution Service announced that Ali Dizaei faced two criminal charges of misconduct in a public office and perverting the course of justice.
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On 8 February 2010, Ali Dizaei was found guilty on both counts, and jailed for four years.
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Ali Dizaei had sought to appeal against both conviction and sentence.
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Ali Dizaei wished to clear his name and rejoin Scotland Yard as a Commander.
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On Friday 1 October 2011, Ali Dizaei was reinstated after a Police Appeals Tribunal meeting gave a unanimous decision in favor of his reinstatement as Commander of the Metropolitan Police.
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Ali Dizaei admitted lying about his identity at the previous trial.
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On 25 January 2012, the prosecution adduced medical evidence suggesting that Ali Dizaei had faked physical injuries to make it look like he had been assaulted.
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On 31 January 2012, Ali Dizaei gave evidence relating his version of the events before, during and after the incident of 18 July 2008.
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Ali Dizaei said that Mr Baghdadi's 'torrent of abuse' had frightened Mr Dizaei's wife and other bystanders.
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Ali Dizaei said he had warned Mr Baghdadi and asked him to leave but arrested him due to his continued abuse and threatening behavior.
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On 13 February 2012, Ali Dizaei was again convicted of misconduct in public office and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
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Ali Dizaei was sentenced to three years imprisonment on each count.
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On 4 July 2012, Ali Dizaei was granted leave to appeal for the second time.
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Between 2000 - 2001, Andy Hayman permitted Ali Dizaei's telephone calls to be intercepted and transcribed as part of Operation Helios.
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On 20 May 2011, Ali Dizaei was informed that he may have been subject to phone hacking by the News of the World.
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Ali Dizaei was the only police officer in the United Kingdom to have his phone hacked by the News of the World.
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Ali Dizaei was a serving Commander of the MPS when his phone was hacked.
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Ali Dizaei was the President of the National Black Police Association from 2007 to 2009.
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In 2014, Dizaei formed Covert Security Limited, an international investigations consultancy specializing in tracing and locating assets and individuals and carrying out cold-case reviews.
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Ali Dizaei married Natalie Downing in August 1986 in Reading, Berkshire with whom he has three sons.
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Ali Dizaei married his second wife, Shahameh in August 2007 in Ealing.