Former chief constable of Northants Police Nick Adderley charged with another offence at crown court in London
Northamptonshire’s former police chief constable Nick Adderley has been has been charged with a third offence – making a false witness statement.
Adderley, 59, had already been charged with fraud and misconduct in a public office at a previous hearing.
But today at Southwark Crown Court, in his absence due to illness, he faced a new charge accused of making a false witness statement in January 2020.
He was previously charged with fraud and misconduct in public office following allegations that he made false claims about his military service and educational achievements when applying to work for the police.
The new charge was outlined in court. Adderley is accused of, on January 8, 2020, tendering a written statement in evidence in criminal proceedings by virtue of section 9 of the Criminal Justice Act 1967.
The indictment said he ‘wilfully made a statement material in those proceedings which he knew to be false or did not believe to be true namely that he had been a Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy.’
Adderley had previously been charged with fraud, contrary to section 1 of the Fraud Act 2006.
He is accused of dishonestly and intending thereby to make a gain for himself, made false representations to the Office of the Northamptonshire Police Fire and Crime Commissioner and Northamptonshire Police in a job application form and a CV in June 2018.
Claims allegedly made by Adderley include that he had served in the Royal Navy from February 1981 to February 1992 during which he had been a commended officer (Royal Navy) for services and tours of duty; he had attended the Britannia Royal Naval College and the University of Portsmouth, Royal Navy School of Engineering – officer training program between 1982 and 1986; he was a former Commander in the Royal Navy; during his time in the Royal Navy he had taken command of military personnel during active service; He had been a military negotiator during the Anti-Duvalier protests in Haiti (1986) and had been recognised for this service.
Adderley was also charged with misconduct in public office in respect to the same offences ‘pretending’ that his claim he had been a former Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy was true.
The charges include that his service in the Royal Navy had included involvement in the Falklands War, and that he was entitled to wear the South Atlantic medal with rosette on the left-hand side of his uniform and the General Service medal on the left-hand side of his uniform.