A POLICE officer who claims he has been the victim of racial discrimination has been sacked after being found guilty of a series of disciplinary charges.

PC Nazir Omarji Ahmed Musa, of Blackburn, was fired by police bosses after a two week hearing into seven separate charges, headed by Cumbria Chief Constable Alan Elliott.

The officer, who had been in the force for nearly five years, is now awaiting the results of an industrial tribunal case against Lancashire police, due to be heard in Manchester in March.

And he claims other coloured officers in Lancashire are now fearing for their future.

The former officer was stationed at Accrington until the disciplinary charges, including one of abusing authority, were brought. He was then transferred to Chorley.

After the hearing, he said the industrial tribunal case was set in motion before the disciplinary charges, which were heard at police headquarters at Hutton.

He insisted: "There was not one single complaint from a member of the public. The charges against me were purely an internal disciplinary thing and I'm afraid the majority of black police officers are now afraid of a purge."

A spokesman for Lancashire police said: "PC Musa appeared before the Chief Constable of Cumbria, Alan Elliott, when he was found guilty of several disciplinary charges and dismissed from the service."

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