Again there was no examination, and Mr. Mahmood was asked no questions about his health. Like Mr. Malik he was in fact fit and healthy. Mr. Mahmood was asked to come back next day for the sick note and to bring the money. He asked how much, and the appellant said that the sick note would be 100 but as the orange badge application was a big job that would be 150. The appellant was paid at once 260 and gave no change.
Urine examinations reveal signs of blood and infection.
He is unfit to travel to attend any forthcoming interview on medical grounds. An article was then written by the journalists which appeared in the newspaper on 10th August 1997. On 27th October 1997 the full court of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division refused the appellants renewed applications for an extension of time and for leave to appeal. The PCC then fixed its adjourned hearing in respect of the Crown Court matters for 3rd December 1997, and advised the appellant of its intention to consider at the same time a charge of serious professional misconduct arising out of the events of 5th and 6th August 1997. On 3rd December 1997 the appellant applied for the hearing of that charge to be adjourned to enable him to consider challenging the transcript of the tape recordings, and his application was granted.