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Paul Condon

Categories: Law

Former police officer. Born Paul Leslie Condon. He joined the police in 1967, becoming Chief Constable of Kent in 1988 and Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 1993 at the age of 45, the youngest person to do so. Knighted in 1994 and created Baron Condon in 2001. In 2007 Mohammed Al Fayed launched legal action against him, alleging he deliberately withheld evidence from the French enquiry into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Paul Condon

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Gerald Road Police Station

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