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Police officers charged after disabled man's murder

Three police constables and a police community support officer have been charged with misconduct in a public office over their handling of events surrounding the brutal murder of a disabled man in Bristol last year.

Bijan Ebrahimi was beaten to death and had his body set on fire after some of his neighbours wrongly claimed he was a paedophile.

Three police constables are accused of failing to respond to calls for help and allegations made by Ebrahimi.

A police community support officer is alleged to have given false information to a 999 operator, claiming he was outside his house "at an important time".

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Police officers charged after wrongly-accused man's murder

Three police constables and a police community support officer are to be charged with misconduct in a public office following the death of a man in Bristol in 2013.

Bijan Ebrahimi was murdered in July last year because his neighbours wrongly believed him to be a paedophile. Two men have since been jailed in connection with the crime.

Three Avon and Somerset Constabulary PCs - Kevin Duffy, Helen Harris and Leanne Winter - are now to face criminal proceedings for allegedly failing to respond to his calls for help, the Crown Prosecution said.

PCSO Andrew Passmore will be charged over allegations he gave false information to the 999 operator that he was outside Ebrahimi's home at an important time.

He will also be charged with perverting the course of justice.

All four will appear at Bristol Magistrates' Court for a preliminary hearing on 14 January 2015.

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