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New York '9/11 hero police chief' jailed

A former New York police chief, Bernard Kerik who was hailed a hero after the September 11 2001 attacks, has been jailed after a federal judge revoked his bail ahead of a corruption trial.

He has become the first police chief in the city's history to be thrown into jail.

In a hearing in White Plains, New York, Judge Stephen Robinson said he was revoking the $500,000 bail granted to Kerik, 54, who led the police under the previous administration of then-mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

Kerik abused confidential evidence in the case, Robert Hadad, spokesman for the district attorney's office, said.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)