July 7 terror police accused of fraud

Three Scotland Yard counter-terrorism detectives who investigated the July 7 bombings were accused yesterday of running a sophisticated rent scam.
By The Newsroom
Published 22nd Jan 2010, 20:08 BST
Updated 22nd Jan 2010, 20:08 BST

The trio and three civilians were charged with conspiracy to defraud, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said.

Investigators have been looking into an alleged fraud in which the Metropolitan Police was overcharged for rented flats in Leeds in 2006 and 2007.

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The accused officers are Detective Constable Daren Pooley, 40, Detective Sergeant Nevill Caldecourt, 50, and Det Sgt Peter Allbut, 45. Pooley's wife Nicola, 39, from Sleaford, Lincolnshire, is also charged with conspiracy to defraud along with her sister, Michelle Butler, 49, and brother-in-law Stephen Butler, 58, who live in Spalding, Lincolnshire.

The three officers were also charged with misconduct in public office. The allegations against them include claims they misused their police credit cards. All six will appear before City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on February 3.

The fraud allegedly took place over 18 months from April 2006, an IPCC spokesman said. He added that the charges related

to allegations of a scheme to overcharge the Metropolitan Police Service for flat rentals in Leeds with the intention of making a secret profit and distributing monies raised among themselves.

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