A GMP officer who was accused of misusing police computers after a woman said she would 'suck his d*** for information' was suspended by the force for four years on full pay, a court heard.
19.05.2023 - 19:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A woman bravely told her child's teacher that she was in danger following a brutal beating - as her abusive husband loitered outside the school. Sobhan Azizi, 33, repeatedly attacked his wife of 10 years with a metal pole the night before.
The woman was unable to leave her home, except to take her child to school. If she did, Azizi demanded access to her phone so he could share her location.
Before the attack, he showed her a two-inch metal pole, hissing: "This is for you." Days later, he told her he was going to 'beat [her] so badly'.
Azizi then attacked her - punching, kicking and hitting her with the pole. She was left with bruising over her entire body, Minshull Street Crown Court heard.
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The next morning, as she dropped her child off at school, she found a teacher. Using a translator app on her phone, the woman told her: "I'm in danger, please help me, please contact the police."
Azizi, from Rochdale, admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm; and intentional suffocation. He was was jailed for a year and 10 months.
The court heard Azizi, from Iran, moved to the UK in 2020 as an asylum seeker. He was granted leave to remain for five years, before he applied for his wife and child to move to over.
"The victim was only able to leave the house when taking her child to school," Nicholas Roxborough, prosecuting, said. "He would have her phone and turn the location services on, sharing it with himself.
"A few days before he bought a metal pole, two inches thick, and showed it to her, telling his wife 'this is for you'."
On October 5, the woman was attacked. Mr Roxborough said: "The defendant said he was going to beat her, and he began to follow
A GMP officer who was accused of misusing police computers after a woman said she would 'suck his d*** for information' was suspended by the force for four years on full pay, a court heard.
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A woman used a translator app to tell her son's teacher that she was in danger as her abusive husband waited for her outside the school. Sobhan Azizi, 33, had attacked his wife repeatedly with a metal pole the previous night.
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