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30 September 2011
Last updated at 05:35 ET
Former Met Police commander Ali Dizaei is to get his job back after winning an appeal against his dismissal.
Mr Dizaei, 49, was sacked after he was jailed last year for misconduct and perverting the course of justice. But his convictions were overturned in May.
It is understood the Police Appeals Tribunal ruled on Thursday that he should be reinstated.
But the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) is likely to suspend Mr Dizaei until after next year's re-trial.
His lawyers have also said he will consider challenging any suspension in the courts, arguing many senior white police staff have been allowed to stay in their posts while criminal investigations take place.
The MPA said it had "no comment at this time".
The officer, who had served as a Met officer for 24 years before being sacked, said: "I am delighted to be reinstated.
"I have always wanted to be a Met Police officer and now vow to clear my name."
Prison 'hell' Mr Dizaei will be formally reinstated when his police warrant card is returned.
He was released in May after 15 months in prison which he described as "hell".
The officer will face a retrial in 2012 for alleged misconduct in a public office and perverting the course of justice.
He was charged over an incident outside the Persian Yas restaurant in Kensington, west London, in July 2008.
Mr Dizaei arrested Waad Al-Baghdadi after having a scuffle with him, and has been accused of knowing there were no reasonable grounds to detain him.
He is also alleged to have perverted the course of justice by falsely claiming in written statements that he was the victim of an unprovoked assault by Mr Al-Baghdadi.
Mr Dizaei pleaded not guilty to the charges in June.
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Mr Dizaei, 49, was sacked after he was jailed last year for misconduct and perverting the course of justice. But his convictions were overturned in May.
It is understood the Police Appeals Tribunal ruled on Thursday that he should be reinstated.
But the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) is likely to suspend Mr Dizaei until after next year's re-trial.
His lawyers have also said he will consider challenging any suspension in the courts, arguing many senior white police staff have been allowed to stay in their posts while criminal investigations take place.
The MPA said it had "no comment at this time".
The officer, who had served as a Met officer for 24 years before being sacked, said: "I am delighted to be reinstated.
"I have always wanted to be a Met Police officer and now vow to clear my name."
Prison 'hell' Mr Dizaei will be formally reinstated when his police warrant card is returned.
He was released in May after 15 months in prison which he described as "hell".
The officer will face a retrial in 2012 for alleged misconduct in a public office and perverting the course of justice.
He was charged over an incident outside the Persian Yas restaurant in Kensington, west London, in July 2008.
Mr Dizaei arrested Waad Al-Baghdadi after having a scuffle with him, and has been accused of knowing there were no reasonable grounds to detain him.
He is also alleged to have perverted the course of justice by falsely claiming in written statements that he was the victim of an unprovoked assault by Mr Al-Baghdadi.
Mr Dizaei pleaded not guilty to the charges in June.
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