Wednesday 23 February 2011

Property eveloper Safi Qurashi wrongly imprisoned, claims new report | World news | The Guardian

Property eveloper Safi Qurashi wrongly imprisoned, claims new report | World news | The Guardian

A London-born property developer serving seven years in a Dubai jail for bouncing £50m worth of cheques has been wrongly convicted and was the victim of a criminal conspiracy, according to a former Metropolitan police chief.

Safi Qurashi, feted as one of Britain's most successful businessmen after paying £43m for a man-made island in the Gulf in the shape of Great Britain, was found guilty in the United Arab Emirates of signing two cheques with insufficient funds and cancelling another.

A 115-page case review written by Tarique Ghaffur, the former assistant commissioner of the Met, claims that Qurashi and two colleagues who have also been imprisoned are the victims of a "miscarriage of justice".

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