A SENIOR British policeman is in trouble after he dressed as Osama bin Laden at a carnival days before the seventh anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Chief Superintendent Colin Terry, who has trained police in Afghanistan, was photographed wearing a bin Laden mask, robes and traditional Arab scarf.
He wore the costume at a carnival in the village of Grampound, Cornwall, on Saturday.
Devon and Cornwall police said they were taking the incident very seriously and had referred Chief Supt Terry to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
"Whilst we believe his actions were misguided rather than malicious, they were clearly inappropriate," it said.
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