'Car hire, car servicing, hospitality and loans'
A corrupt police officer with a gambling addiction abused his position to pass confidential information about crash victims to a friend. PC Akeel Kadir, also shared images of crime suspects and details of people under investigation for sex offences.
The court was told that between 2013 and 2019 Kadir abused his position in the force to 'access secure systems and obtain confidential information in relation to police investigations and intelligence'. Investigations by GMP's Anti-Corruption Unit showed that Kadir accessed police systems to pass on confidential information to Patel, who ran Apex Claims Management Ltd in Bolton, a company which managed motor insurance claims.
Judge Flewitt told him: "Your culpability is high. It is clear from material presented at trial you must have been aware of your responsibilities for confidential information held on police computer systems and you must have been aware of the consequences of misusing that information. However, the judge told the court he was sure that Kadir was rewarded in kind, such as provision of hospitality at the Apex offices and the provision for free of hire vehicles, storage and repairs.
The judge said Kadir had also had to cope with his wife’s cancer diagnosis and his mum's recent death. He had been on restricted duties till his trial and has now been suspended. Patel, now living in Dubai but previously of Edstone Close, Bolton, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit police corruption. He was given a nine-month suspended sentence and 120 hours of unpaid community work.
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