Former Lancashire police officer jailed after disposing of mobile phone
A former Lancashire police officer has been jailed after admitting to perverting the course of justice.
Samarah Kamal, 27, who was a constable on Lancashire Constabulary’s East Response Investigations Team, was jailed for nine and a half months at Liverpool Crown Court on March 11, having admitted the offence on February 12.
Lancashire Constabulary said that on July 24 2023, officers from its Anti-Corruption Unit attempted to contact Kamal in relation to a different matter. Enquiries found that Kamal had phoned in sick to work and wasn’t present at her home address when officers attended.
Calls were made to Kamal’s personal mobile phone number at 2.56pm and 2.59pm but were unanswered. At 3pm, the investigating officer received a missed call from Kamal’s phone and called her again at 3.02pm.
Kamal agreed to meet the investigating officer at their location and arrived at 3.11pm, where she was subsequently arrested.
Kamal was searched - as was her home - and it was discovered that in the nine minutes between speaking to the investigating officer and arriving at their location, she had disposed of her mobile phone.
It was the disposal of the mobile phone and the subsequent loss of evidence, that led to consultation with Crown Prosecution Service and Kamal, 27, of Fletcher Road, Preston, was charged with perverting the course of justice.
Kamal was dismissed from Lancashire Constabulary following an Accelerated Misconduct Hearing last year. Her name has been added to the Barred List.
Det Supt Pete Reil, Head of Lancashire Constabulary’s Professional Standards Department, said: “Samarah Kamal’s dishonest conduct fell well short of what the public would expect of a serving police officer.
“Quite rightly, it has resulted in a criminal conviction and dismissal from her privileged role as a police officer.”