Police Jailed Over Bijan Ebrahimi Death

A police officer and police community support officer who failed a disabled man who was later murdered in a vigilante attack have been sentenced to 10 months and four months in jail respectively. PC Kevin Duffy, 52, and PCSO Andrew Passmore, 56, were found guilty of misconduct in a public office in December in connection with the death of Bijan Ebrahimi in Bristol. The 44-year old Iranian national was beaten to death and his body set on fire by neighbour Lee James on a housing estate in Brisling