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Police officer jailed for falsely claiming woman he was 'obsessed' with shot drug dealer
14.05.2022 - 07:17 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A police officer who used to catch criminals now finds himself living among them after he was jailed for perverting the course of justice.
Disgraced PC Abubakar Masum rang Crimestoppers and made a false report that a woman had shot a drug dealer - which resulted in armed police turning up to her workplace.
WalesOnline reports that he made up the bogus claim after becoming "obsessed" with 21-year-old Mia Pitman.
Masum, who has since been booted out from South Wales Police, denied he'd done anything wrong but was convicted following a trial at Cardiff Crown Court.
The 24-year-old was found guilty of two counts of perverting the course of justice and one count of gaining unauthorised access to the police computer system.
He was sentenced to three years and six months imprisonment and made subject to an indefinite restraining order.
Sentencing, Judge Michael Fitton QC said Masum's offences were "substantially aggravated" because it was committed while serving as a police officer.
He added: "It's quite clear you are a deeply complex and troubled man.
"You are so wrapped up in your own feelings about yourself, your personality, you background and your own desires that you do not comprehend the harm you have done to Mia Pitman and others.
"As a course of conduct committed by a police officer, you have done harm not just to your victim and her associates but to your family and for that you should hang your head in shame.
"You have also done huge harm to the police whose reputation suffers every time an officer breaks the law and ends up in prison."
The trial previously heard Masum, of Page Street, Swansea, invented claims about Tesco worker and university student Ms Pitman, and lied to a Crimestoppers operator that she had shot an
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