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Posted on 08/30/2007 5:04:37 AM PDT by UKrepublican
July 21 lawyer faces investigation over bribery claims
Press Association Thursday August 30, 2007 Guardian Unlimited
Scotland Yard was today investigating claims that a solicitor who represented some of the July 21 bombers tried to bribe a co-defendant. Detectives were investigating two allegations made about the conduct of Muddassar Arani during the six-month terror trial earlier this year. The inquiry began after the Crown Prosecution Service asked the Metropolitan police to investigate the solicitor's conduct.
A police spokesman said: "The specialist crime directorate is currently scoping the allegations and reviewing the material that came out of the trial."
The allegations first arose when they were mentioned in court during the trial.
The first allegation is that Ms Arani, of the law firm Arani and Co, sent cash which was intended to influence a co-defendant before the trial.
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I find it absolutely incredible that anyone could possibly doubt the honesty and professional integrity of the proponents of the criminal legal profession, run as it is to very highest standards of propriety.
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