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Mr Nazarali subsequently complained about the actions of West Midlands Officers and the way they investigated this incident. His and other eyewitness accounts allege that following the assault, the assailant made racially abusive comments about him. Police subsequently cautioned the man in relation to the assault and released him from custody, despite the alleged racial aggravation of the offence. Officers present maintained strongly that they did not hear any racial abuse.
In June 2007 the IPCC confirmed it had upheld Mr Nazarali’s complaint about the way West Midlands Police had investigated and concluded the assault incident and following this, three officers received words of advice relating to their failure to fully investigate the incident.
The second phase of this investigation examined the actions of an Inspector, who had earlier been tasked with reviewing the conduct of officers in the original criminal investigation, and found that the report submitted by the Inspector into the alleged abuse was factually inaccurate and he had not spoken to all of the officers as he claimed.
As a result of this the Inspector pleaded guilty at a Police Misconduct hearing to a charge of failing in the performance of his duties.
Len Jackson, IPCC Deputy Chair said: “Mr Nazarali has been deeply traumatised by the assault and the inadequate police response. Our investigation demonstrated that he was let down by the police officers who attended him on the day he was attacked. These officers did not take appropriate actions to fully investigate the assault.
“Furthermore and unhappily compounding these shortcomings the Inspector tasked with examining how these officers had investigated the original attack also failed in his duty.
“These failures by West Midlands Police are of concern and I will through my guardianship role endeavour to ensure that lessons are learnt from this case.”
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