another investigation into six other officers of the tsg by the ipcc was launched following allegations made by three men that they were racially abused during an incident during june 2007 in paddington. a van of officers stopped after seeing youths mouthing obscenities towards them. the officers appeared in court in december 2008 and were prosecuted; two for racially abusing the men, four of misconduct in a public office and one of racially aggravated assault. the guardian reported that a request may have been made to restrict reporting of the trial by the media. the officer who was driving the van acted as a whistleblower during the trial. one officer, a former royal marine, accused in this case was also involved in the assault of babar ahmed and has had 31 complaints lodged against him since 1993. in november 2009 he was cleared of all offences, along with the other officers, and returned to work with the tsg.