Nick Adderley: Senior officer checks after Northamptonshire chief sacking

Mr Adderley’s three decade career in the police service ended when the panel upheld all allegations against him following a five-day gross misconduct hearing.

It found he had stated on his CV when applying for the job in 2018 he had been a “commended officer” in the Royal Navy.

No records existed supporting any commendation and he had never achieved any rank above Able Seaman.

He also claimed to have attended officer training at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth between 1982 and 1986, but again this was untrue.

He joined the service as a naval rating, a lower rank, in 1984 and stayed for just two years.

After he left the service in 1986, he worked in a number of jobs including a spell as a pub landlord.