00:00A senior officer at the Metropolitan Police is accused of trying to frame one of his colleagues
00:05over a bogus allegation of racial abuse. Chief Inspector Zaheer Asghar is accused of
00:11misconduct in a public office and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice over the alleged
00:16incident which dates back to 2023. It is said that he concocted a plan to set up a superintendent
00:25in the Met accusing her of racially abusing a delivery driver when that incident did not take
00:32place. It is then alleged that Asghar's son went to the police in a plan to try to take the blame
00:41for the incident. Asghar appeared in the building behind me, Southwark Crown Court, on Wednesday to
00:47deny misconduct in a public office. He and his cousin who is jointly accused have already denied two
00:55counts of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. The trial has been set in 2027.
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