COP'S COURT OUT; Probe into lying officer.Byline: MARION SCOTT A COP lied that he had been in court to give evidence against a junkie accused of biting a taxi driver. Cabbie cab·by or cab·bie n. pl. cab·bies A cabdriver. [cab1 + -y3. Jim Eadie, 61, saw his attacker walk free after the witness failed to appear. The policeman claims he was waiting in the wrong room when the case was called. But angry prosecutors - and Scotland's Solicitor General An officer of the U.S. Justice Department who represents the federal government in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. The solicitor general is charged with representing the Executive Branch of the U.S. government in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Frank Mulholland - have ordered a probe after finding out he was not even in the building. Jim, of Newton Mearns, near Glasgow, said: "I've been let down by a system that's meant to protect us." He feared he had been infected with HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. or hepatitis C after the attack in June 2007 before getting the all-clear. He attended Glasgow District Court four times before the prosecution was dropped. Procurator fiscal Lesley Thomson said: "The officer was not there at the time he said. I'm angry I wasn't told the truth." |
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