Police officer jailed for falsely claiming woman he was 'obsessed' with shot drug dealer

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A police officer who used to catch criminals now finds himself living among them after he was jailed for perverting the course of justice.

Disgraced PC Abubakar Masum rang Crimestoppers and made a false report that a woman had shot a drug dealer - which resulted in armed police turning up to her workplace.

WalesOnline reports that he made up the bogus claim after becoming "obsessed" with 21-year-old Mia Pitman. Masum, who has since been booted out from South Wales Police, denied he'd done anything wrong but was convicted following a trial at Cardiff Crown Court.

The 24-year-old was found guilty of two counts of perverting the course of justice and one count of gaining unauthorised access to the police computer system.