Ali Dizaei set for return to Met Police

Former police chief Ali Dizaei is to be reinstated as a commander at the Metropolitan Police

Dizaei was given his job back following a meeting by the Metropolitan Police Authority's professional standards sub-committee last night.

Dizaei was dismissed by Scotland Yard after being convicted of abusing his power as a senior police officer in 2010.

Dizaei was jailed for four years in January 2010 after a jury at Southwark crown court found he had tried to frame a young web designer in a row over £600. Dizaei was dismissed from the police service having served over 25 years in the force.

But his conviction was quashed in May of this year following the introduction of new evidence. Dizaei is currently awaiting a retrial which will take place in 2012 but could remain suspended from Scotland Yard until then.

He was however delighted to be back on the force after a police appeal tribunal unanimously dismissed his sacking.

Dizaei said,

"I am delighted to be reinstated. I have always wanted to be a Met police officer and now vow to clear my name."

There was no immediate comment from the Metropolitan Police Authority.

Picture: Ali Dizaei