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A POLICE officer who killed a dad-of-three in a hit-and-run car accident can be revealed today.

We name constable Hamaad Khalid as a new probe is launched into how his force handled the initial inquiry.

Khalid, 25, drove off after hitting Martin Douglas, 41, in the centre of Edinburgh on New Year's Day, but a charge of leaving the scene of an accident was dropped in April.

Martin's widow Lisa, 32, yesterday told the Sunday Mail: "All I want is the truth."

Lothian and Borders Police confirmed that officers from an outside force, Central Scotland, have been drafted in to launch an investigation into how they dealt with the Khalid case.

The probe, which starts tomorrow, will look into why Khalid was not breath-tested after the fatal crash. Lothian and Borders admit no test was done.

Martin's widow Lisa, 32, revealed yesterday that she is suing Khalid over her husband's death.

She said: "It is clear it was not investigated properly at the time.

"Hopefully at long last we will get the answers we are looking for. "I now want to know why the driver was not breath tested or drug tested at the time, why he drove on and did not stop, and if he could have avoided hitting my husband in the first place.

"I would like to find out if the driver was using a mobile phone when he hit Martin, and for Central Scotland Police to look at his phone records.

"I want to know why he did not stop, or if he called an ambulance when he realised what he'd done.

"And, if he had stopped, could he have administered first aid, which might have saved my husband?"

Lisa added: "I also want Central to review all the witness statements again.

"I have been told there were 58 witnesses to the accident. Surely there must be important evidence there which has been overlooked.

"I also now want a Fatal Accident Inquiry, given the decision by the police to reopen the case.

"All I am looking for is the truth, which we clearly did not get from Lothian and Borders.

"I have also asked my lawyer to make a formal complaint about the force's handling of the case."

Lisa was with Martin, celebrating the New Year, on the night he died. They spent several hours in a bar before the accident in Union Place, near the Playhouse theatre, shortly after 4am.

The couple were about to go home to Niddrie when Martin nipped across the road to get a takeaway without telling his wife.

Khalid hit him in his Toyota car as he returned. Scores of New Year revellers witnessed the accident.

The officer had finished a shift at the capital's Drylaw police station shortly before the tragedy.

He drove away from the scene but returned seven minutes later. Police policy says he should have been immediately breath-tested.

By the time Khalid came back, paramedics were fighting to save Martin's life.

He died a few hours later in hospital from internal injuries.

Lisa, full-time mum to Martina, 17, Thomas, 15, and Ben, seven, said: "I could see there had been an accident and people were shouting. When I pushed my way through, Martin was on his back.

"I thought he was unconscious and would be OK. He was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

"When the doctor came to see me around 6.20am, I thought he was going to say Martin was sitting up. I was devastated to hear he was dead.

"Though we have had meetings with the police and procurator fiscal since his death, I feel we have not been told the whole truth."

Lisa's lawyer Mark Thorley, of Thorley Stephenson solicitors, said: "We've instigated civil proceedings against Mr Khalid for substantial damages."

But Lisa insisted: "This is not about money. It is about getting justice for my husband and our children."

The Douglas family have obtained an autopsy and police accident report which cast fresh doubts over Martin's death.

The report says Martin was "run under" - meaning he was hit by the car and thrown over the bonnet. A forensic pathologists' report says Martin was "run over".

Lothian and Borders Police said: "It would appear, on this occasion, there was a failure to complete the necessary processes following a road traffic accident.

"This officer, who had just completed duty, was not breath-tested.

"Lothian and Borders Police have asked Central Scotland Police to carry out an enquiry into the circumstances surrounding this apparent omission."

Central Scotland Police said: "Lothian & Borders have asked us to look into the handling of this case."

Khalid, who met justice secretary Kenny MacAskill at Scotland's police college last year, did not return messages from the Sunday Mail.