‘Lies are flowing’ from Northants chief constable, panel hears

Mr Beggs told the panel the South Atlantic Medal, which Mr Adderley claimed was gifted from his older brother, was “bogus” and was not applied for until October 2023.

Mr Beggs said: “Whichever way you analyse it, lies are flowing from his mouth.

“On your own account Mr Adderley, while a Superintendent at Cheshire Police, started wearing a South Atlantic medal. Why would he do that?”

He went on to say: “The legend that he spent over 10 years in the navy, reported diligently by journalists, is the self-same legend in his own CV.

“Your CV has to be true – so why not put a true version of yourself forward?”

Mr Adderley’s lawyer Matthew Holdcroft told the panel: “Suggesting that this is a clever contrived lie that’s been spanning for decades is demonstrably untrue because no careful liar would be setting themselves up to fail so spectacularly.”