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Shami Dodger Khan in further outrage

By The Basa ⋅ July 28, 2006 ⋅

shamiKhan copy.jpg Word is coming in to EdSucks Towers about a further, rather sinister development in the Shami ‘Dodger’ Khan Saga.

Hard on the heels of his public Evening News ‘Slamming’ by no less a Pillar of Public Probity and Moral Rectitude than the Convenor of the Police Board, Eric ‘Blue Light Taxi’ Milligan, ex-Lord Provost and Hearts No. 1 Supporter, comes a report from a very well-placed source that Councillor Khan has been afforded the facility of a private viewing of the CCTV footage of the (alleged) incident (allegedly) involving his son outside a city nightclub.

This will presumably include the attendance and (alleged) actions of the police who are now the subject of a well-self-publicised complaint by Mr Khan (Jr) and/or his Councillor Daddy.

This raises a number of highly pertinent questions, including:

In what capacity was Khan given this somewhat unusual privilege? Complainer? Accused’s Legal Representative? Member of the Police Board? Daddy of one of the Accused? Interfering Cooncillor? Or just nosey member of the public?
Isn’t this evidence that should be safeguarded and presented to a Court - Don’t the police have a duty to protect evidence, not facilitate its viewing to someone who’s already prejudged the issue, pronounced on it in the media and has an axe to grind?
Has the Procurator Fiscal had prior sight of the video evidence and given permission for it to be shown to a member of the public?
If not the PF, who in Lothian and Borders Police authorised it?
Assuming the whole mess isn’t quietly binned as a matter of political expediency, (far be it to suggest such a motive in the first place) what will a Sheriff say in open Court about such a procedure affecting the integrity of evidence ?
What on earth will the Commissioner for Standards in Public Office make of this ? (somebody’s just BOUND to ask him !)
Isn’t this a clear breach of Ethics by a Member of the Police Board to attempt to interfere in operational policing - or even Attempt to Pervert the Course of Justice?
What steps were taken to safeguard the interests and privacy of any other persons - including co-accused and innocent members of the public - identifiable on the video, protected by the Data Protection Act?

It is assumed that all these questions will be answered forthwith by the powers that be in the Council and everything will be tickety-boo. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha………….. Apparently ‘the second floor’ have been going apeshit since the story broke last week