Cop ‘tried to frame his boss for racism’

A Met Police chief inspector tried to frame his boss by making bogus allegations of racism against her, a court heard. Zahir Asghar, 45, is accused of falsely reporting that Superintendent Lisa Butterfield had racially abused an Uber Eats rider. Asghar, a chief inspector since 2023, is said to have carried out the offence with his cousin, 45-year-old Afrasayab Aslam. The pair earlier denied conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and a second like charge of conspiring for Asghar’s…