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| Bijan Ebrahimi: PC and PCSO guilty of misconduct | Bijan Ebrahimi: PC and PCSO guilty of misconduct |
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| A PC and a community support officer have been convicted of misconduct in a public office after the "vigilante" murder of a man by his neighbour. | A PC and a community support officer have been convicted of misconduct in a public office after the "vigilante" murder of a man by his neighbour. |
| Bijan Ebrahimi, 44, was murdered on an estate in Bristol in July 2013 amid false claims he was a paedophile. | |
| He repeatedly called police for help in the days before, the trial heard, but had been seen as a "nuisance". | He repeatedly called police for help in the days before, the trial heard, but had been seen as a "nuisance". |
| Kevin Duffy and Andrew Passmore denied misconduct. PCs Leanne Winter and Helen Harris were cleared of the same charge. | |
| They were accused of letting their dislike of Mr Ebrahimi influence their decision making. | |
| Iranian-born Mr Ebrahimi, who was registered disabled, was beaten to death by his neighbour Lee James outside his flat in Capgrave Crescent, Brislington, in July 2013. | |
| His body was set alight. | |
| James was convicted of murder in 2013 and is serving a life sentence. | |
| Another Capgrave Crescent resident, Stephen Norley, was sentenced to four years for assisting an offender. |