BATMAZ: PCSO ‘LEAKED INFO’ TO DRUGS GANG
A PCSO appeared in court today (Thurs) accused of passing intelligence to a gang who used the information to raid cannabis factories.
Oguz Batmaz, 26, is also said to have dealt in cannabis and cocaine while employed by the Safer Neighbourhoods team in Bromley, Kent.
He is alleged to have accessed police computers over three years from July 2007 to check personal details about his associates and to find the location of local cannabis factories.
Fellow PCSO Nicholas Goodwin, 24, is said to have helped gather the information on some occasions.
Batmaz is also said to have dealt drugs alongside his lodger Filipe de Frietas and Kadir Ozresberoglu, both 24, and minicab driver David Hazell, 45, who worked as a delivery man for the pair.
Some of the drugs are alleged to have been supplied by Anthony Noble, 28.
Aaron Eastwood, 31, and Lee Hession, 29, are said to have used the information supplied from police files to target local cannabis factories.
Ayhan Mustafa, 28, and absconded prisoner Wayne Farrell, 33, are also alleged to have been provided with information about themselves by Batmaz in order to evade the authorities.
Farrell’s partner Emma Tooke, 31, is accused of harbouring him when he was on the run between July 2009 and May 2010.
The 11 defendants appeared at City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court today for a brief hearing. They have yet to enter pleas.
District Judge Howard Riddell bailed them on the conditions they live and sleep at their home addresses and do not contact named prosecution witnesses.
All except Tooke were ordered to report weekly to the police, while Batmaz, Eastwood, Hession and Farrell were also placed under nightly curfew.
Batmaz’s release was subject to a £1,000 surety and both he and Farrell were ordered to surrender their passports.
All will appear Southwark Crown Court for a plea and case management hearing on January 5.
Batmaz, of (31) Acacia Way, Sidcup, and Ozresberoglu, of (31) Curran Avenue, Sidcup, are accused of wilful misconduct in a public office, conspiracy to steal and conspiracy to supply cocaine and cannabis.
Batmaz is also charged with neglecting to perform a public duty,
Eastwood, of (277) Parkside Avenue, Bexleyheath, Hession, of (2) Chaucer Road, Welling, Goodwin, of (23) Marion Crescent, Orpington, Mustafa, of (1) Coleridge Road, Dartford, and Farrell, of (99A) Crown Lane, Bromley are all charged with conspiracy to commit wilful misconduct.
Eastwood and Hession are further accused of conspiracy to steal.
De Frietas, of (Flat 313, Chadacre House) Loughborough Park, Brixton, sw London, and Hazell, of (24) Clare Way, Bexleyheath, are accused of conspiring to supply cannabis and cocaine.
Noble, of (Flat 4, Wilmington House) Church Walk, Wilmington, Dartford, is accused of conspiracy to supply cocaine, while Emma Toooke, also of (99A) Crown Lane, Bromley, is charged with harbouring
an escaped prisoner.
All were bailed on the conditions they live and sleep at the addresses given and do not contact named prosecution witnesses.
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