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This page contains press release 56/08, in which the MPA make a statement about AC Ghaffur.
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MPA Statement
56/08
25 November 2008
- This statement is issued jointly on behalf of Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur, the Commissioner Sir Ian Blair, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Richard Bryan, the Metropolitan Police Service and the Metropolitan Police Authority.
- The parties to the litigation between AC Ghaffur, Sir Ian Blair and DAC Bryan wish to state that terms have been agreed bringing this litigation to an end. The MPA has paid a sum of money in settlement of AC Ghaffur's claims, including contractual obligations, and a contribution to his legal costs.
- AC Ghaffur has withdrawn the proceedings and his claims that Sir Ian Blair and DAC Bryan acted in a racist or other discriminatory way towards him.
- The MPA and the Commissioner wish to acknowledge the important service of AC Ghaffur in the Metropolitan Police and his significant contribution to operational policing nationally during his 34-year career. They recognise the hurt which he has felt over the past 18 months.
- Mr Ghaffur will retire from the MPS on 27th November 2008.
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