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ARTICLE · 30 APRIL 2022

Perverting the course of justice charges in NSW

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Perverting the course of justice is deemed an obstruction to the justice system and taken very seriously by the courts.

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A police officer in London is facing the possibility of jail time for allegedly perverting the course of justice after attempting to frame his innocent ex-girlfriend for murder.

It is reported that South Wales Police Constable Abubakar Masum accused his 23-year-old ex-partner, Mia Pitman, of a series of bogus crimes through anonymous tip-offs after she broke up with him.

According to accounts that unfolded in Cardiff Crown Court, Mr Masum, 24, became "obsessed" with Ms Pitman after she dumped the man following finding out that during the course of their relationship, he was seeing another woman.

As such, the police officer soon began making "false, untrue and malicious" claims against her and other men in calls to Crimestoppers, during which he remained anonymous.

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