Cops’ drug evidence ‘was a work of fiction’

Two serving police officers accused of fabricating evidence about a man who was convicted of driving under the influence of drugs has appeared in court. Andrew Holdaway, 35, and John Murphy, 47, falsified their statements about Mohammed Qasem spitting a drug called ‘Khat’ into a testing bag on the roadside by Heathrow airport, it is claimed. Mr Qasem was pulled over by the two officers after they spotted him driving erratically through the airport tunnel on 19 November 2012. He…