Daily Mail
January 13, 2014
Relaxing in sequinned slippers at a wedding, Kabeer Yousaf looks every inch the family man.
But the 30-year-old police community support officer has been accused of extorting money and sexual favours from prostitutes.
Yousaf, whose alleged offences include rape and blackmail, was arrested during a long-running investigation into the trafficking of women from Eastern Europe as sex workers.
The Scotland Yard civilian employee, pictured at what is believed to be a Punjabi family wedding, is suspected of demanding cash in return for keeping quiet about their activities.
Anti-corruption investigators believe he pocketed hundreds of pounds while working his beat in Upton Park, East London.
The married PCSO appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with blackmail, rape and misconduct in a public office.
Watched by his mother and other family members, Yousaf was remanded in custody after the brief appearance.
The court was told he is accused of blackmailing women at a brothel on St Stephen’s Road near Upton Park Tube Station. According to the charge, he visited the illicit business in September and offered to keep police away in return for £500 a week.
It is claimed he also gave the women a mobile phone number – which ended in 999 – and told them to call him directly if they had any problems.
Yousaf allegedly later reduced the payment to £500 a fortnight.
The rape charge states that the PCSO demanded that one of the women perform a sex act on him on December 22 in lieu of payment.
The third charge, misconduct in a public office, involves the alleged offences of blackmail and forcing the woman to perform a sex act while on duty.
Yousaf was arrested 24 hours before his court appearance as part of what the Met described as an ‘ongoing investigation’ by its Human Trafficking Unit.