‘Lazy cop said cases had been dropped to reduce his workload

A Met Police officer accused of failing to properly investigate seven cases ‘told blatant lies to lighten his workload’, a court heard. PC Anil Celebi, 28, allegedly falsified records so that he did not have to do paperwork and told ‘repeated lies’ to close the cases prematurely. PC Celebi was working out of Wembley Police when he failed to properly investigate seven cases. He denies seven counts of misconduct between September 2019 and April 2020. Jurors have heard the first…