Two police officers cleared of attempting to pervert the course
Two police officers have unanimously been cleared of attempting to pervert the course of justice by making up false allegations about a gay couple.
Two police officers have unanimously been cleared of attempting to pervert the course of justice by making up false allegations about a gay couple.
Gillian Feroz, 37, and Mark Daly, 31, were on trial accused of fabricating statements about Anton Docherty and Ryan Forbes.
Mr Docherty, 27, taped the officers on his phone when they pulled up on Bath Street, Glasgow on their bikes then arrested them for an alleged domestic breach of the peace.
They seized his phone and it taped their conversation back to the police office, before they gave him his phone back.
Feroz was recorded saying "just say they were kind of shoving at one another and shouting and swearing and then make up verbals".
She was heard again using the phrase "make up verbals".
PC Feroz, from Fenwick, explained that it was just the way she speaks and the phrase "make up" is a commonly used police phrase.
Daly, from Uddingston, also denied his guilty throughout the trial.
After a trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court a jury found the pair not guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice between January 6 and November 10, 2014 by providing false information about the conduct of Mr Docherty and Mr Forbes, 23, in the city centre.
Mum-of-two Feroz was also found not guilty of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by swearing at Mr Docherty.