PC under investigation over Rotherham sex abuse scandal dies in crash

From the Telegraph

A police officer who was being investigated in relation to the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal has died following a car crash. South Yorkshire Police said PC Hassan Ali, 44, died after he was involved in a collision in Sheffield last month when was off-duty.

It is understood that two complaints had been made about PC Ali, connected to the probe into sexual exploitation of children in Rotherham and he had been placed on restricted duties while the matter was being considered by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

PC Ali, who had been with the South Yorkshire force for 18-years, had been on foot when he was hit by a car at around 10.15pm on Wednesday 28 January. No one has been arrested in connection with the collision and police investigations are ongoing, but it is understood it is being treated as a tragic accident at this stage. 

It is understood PC Ali was under investigation at the time of his death over allegations that he had twice asked a victim of the sexual exploitation scandal out on a date. There’s a bit more than that to it.A total of four complaints had been made against PC Ali and case had been referred to the IPCC which was considering whether to launch a full investigation into the allegations.

It can be revealed that he was once in regular contact with a violent convicted offender suspected of targeting and abusing more than a dozen under-age Rotherham girls, some of whom were made pregnant by him.

One of the man’s former child victims said that her abuser often spoke to PC Ali, always from a public phone box, when she was missing from home and with him. The same officer was involved in an extraordinary deal in March 2000 under which the man agreed to hand the pregnant 14-year-old girl to police at a petrol station after receiving an assurance that he would not be detained. Also involved in discussions with the abuser’s family during the same incident was Jahangir Akhtar, the former deputy leader of Rotherham council. He was related to the man, then in his mid-twenties. 

Chief Constable David Crompton said: “All of our thoughts are with Hassan’s family and on behalf of the force I would like to offer my sincere condolences at this incredibly difficult time. PC Ali was a well-liked officer whose colleagues are devastated by what has happened.” Hummm!