A MAN WHO COMPLAINED THAT A POLICEMAN BROKE HIS NO

A MAN WHO COMPLAINED THAT A POLICEMAN BROKE HIS NOSE WITH A

TRUNCHEON APPEARED IN COURT TODAY (THURS) ACCUSED OF ATTEMPTING TO

PERVERT THE COURSE OF JUSTICE.

MUSHTAQ AKHOONJEE, AGED 20, OF 7, ELLIOT CLOSE, MARK STREET,

STRATFORD, CLAIMED A POLICE OFFICER HIT HIM IN THE FACE WITH A

TRUNCHEON DURING AN INCIDENT IN UPTON PARK, EAST LONDON, IN NOVEMBER

1984.

THE CHAR AGAINST HIM ALLEGES THAT HIS NOSE WAS REALLY BROKEN

FOUR DAYS EARLIER BUT HE PRETENDED THE PC PETER HACKER HAD DONE

IT.

THE CHARGE STATES THAT ‘BETWEEN NOVEMBER 8, 1984, AND JUNE 8 ,

1986, WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, WITH

INTENT TO PERVERT THE COURSE OF JUSTICE YOU DID A SERIES OF ACTS TO

PERVERT THE COURSE OF JUSTICE IN THAT YOU ALLEGED PC PETER HACKER DID

ASSAULT YOU ON NOVEMBER 8, 1984, CAUSING YOU A BROKEN NOSE WHEN IN

FACT THE INJURY HAD BEEN INFLICTED ON NOVEMBER 4, 1984.

‘

THE ALLEGATION FOLLOWED A DISTURBANCE IN HAROLD ROAD, UPTON

PARK, WITH AKHOONJEE PRESENT WHEN POLICE ARRIVED.

HE WAS REMANDED AT SOUTH WESTERN MAGISTRATES COURT ON

UNCONDITIONAL BAIL WHEN THE CASE WAS ADJOURNED FOR FOUR WEEKS.

AFTER THE HEARING AKHOONJEE SAID HE WAS TAKING THE POLICE TO

COURT FOR ASSAULTING HIM .

HE SAID HE HAD BEEN IN A FIGHT SOME DAYS BEFORE THE THE ALLEGED

POLICE ASSAULT BUT HAD GOT THE DATES ‘CONFUSED’.

‘THE OFFICER PUSHED THE TRUNCHEON THROUGH STRAPS ON THE INSIDE

OF HIS HELMET AND PUSHED IT INTO MY FACE.

IT BROKE MY NOSE,’ HE SAID.

HE SAID THAT FOLLOWING HIS COMPLAINT HE WAS CHARGED WITH

PERVERTING THE COURSE OF JUSTICE.

THE CASE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMMITTED FOR CROWN COURT TRIAL.

ENDS