POLICE chief Ali Dizaei has been given the go-ahead to challenge his conviction for misconduct and perverting the course of justice.

The former Scotland Yard commander was found guilty for a second time at a retrial in February.

Dizaei was first convicted of framing young businessman Waad al-Baghdadi in a street row in 2010 but the conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal.

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