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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. | 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". |
| PC Kevin Duffy and Andrew Passmore were convicted of misconduct but PCs Leanne Winter and Helen Harris were cleared. | |
| They were accused of letting their dislike of Mr Ebrahimi influence their decision making. | 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. | 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. | His body was set alight. |
| Days earlier he had called police to report James had assaulted him, but when PCs Winter and Harris arrived they arrested Mr Ebrahimi for an alleged breach of the peace. A crowd gathered outside his flat cheered. | |
| The trial heard they did not see any injuries on Mr Ebrahimi. | |
| After being released the following morning, Mr Ebrahimi repeatedly tried to get police to investigate his complaint against James and called the non-emergency 101 number 12 times. He was told his local beat manager - Duffy - would visit. | |
| "My life is in danger. Right now a few of my neighbours are outside and shouting and calling me a paedophile. I need to see PC Duffy," Mr Ebrahimi told one operator. | |
| But the trial heard Duffy, 52, saw him as a "liar and a nuisance" and never went to see him. | |
| He asked Passmore to conduct a "bit of a foot patrol" around Capgrave Crescent. | |
| Passmore, 56, was convicted of misconduct in a public office by falsely claiming during a police interview to have spent an hour patrolling the area around Mr Ebrahimi's home. | |
| Speaking outside court, Mr Ebrahimi's sister, Mojgan Khayatian, said there had been a clear failure by police. | |
| She said: "Bijan was crying for help not one time, not twice, not three times. He made several phone calls and ignoring these phone calls for somebody who's very vulnerable, who's got a history of being vulnerable and seeking help from police for years, it was even worse." | |
| James was convicted of murder in 2013 and is serving a life sentence. | 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. | Another Capgrave Crescent resident, Stephen Norley, was sentenced to four years for assisting an offender. |